#taxes

The whole - it's the economy's bad. It's bad for everybody. I have my own comedy club. I opened it three years ago in a horrible economy. I created jobs. And we just started breaking even after a year and a half, barely. For that entire time, I have had to pay the difference of what we owe in rent and taxes and everything out of my own pocket. ↗

— Jon Lovitz

#ago #bad #barely #breaking #club

Ronald Reagan's vision of smaller government, less taxes, and a strong national defense has led to a prosperous America. As president, he rebuilt our military and reinvigorated our confidence in ourselves. ↗

— David Vitter

#confidence #defense #government #led #less

The number of business leaders who asked me to lower their taxes can be counted on one hand. ↗

— Jack Markell

#business #business leaders #counted #hand #leaders

In New Mexico, I inherited the largest structural deficit in state history, and our legislature is controlled by Democrats. We don't always agree, but we came together in a bipartisan manner and turned that deficit into a surplus. And we did it without raising taxes. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#always #bipartisan #came #controlled #deficit

Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#especially #middle #raising #raising taxes #recession

The bill that job creators and out-of-work Americans need us to pass is the one that ensures taxes won't go up - one that says Americans and small-business owners won't get hit with more bad news at the end of the year. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#bad news #bill #business owners #creators #end

A balanced program for tax reform based upon the common sense idea of lowering taxes out of surplus revenues. ↗

— Andrew Mellon

#based #common #common sense #idea #lowering

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#average #average american #formerly #got #much

We are afraid to face the hard questions. We are willing to tackle drugs, crime, and public education only if it doesn't cost us any new taxes. ↗

— J. Irwin Miller

#any #cost #crime #education #face

Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam. ↗

— Olin Miller

#happiest #high #inheritance #man #mourner