#taxes

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#taxes #death

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. ↗

— Mark Twain

#humor

So you and the lovely Agent Scully are going down to investigate?' Frohike said, sounding hopeful. 'Yeah, we leave for Cancun tomorrow.' 'Our tax dollars at work,' Langly snorted. 'I'd love to see Agent Scully with a healthy tropical tan,' Frohike said. 'Down, Frohike,' Mulder said. ↗

— Kevin J. Anderson

#langley #mulder #scully #taxes #the-lone-gunmen

There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#pay #taxes #tyranny #moon

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#nationalism

More freedom means more jobs... less government and less taxes. ↗

— Todd Akin

#freedom means #government #jobs #less #means

Well, I think lower taxes and less regulation would actually promote growth. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#growth #i #i think #less #lower

I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way. ↗

— Vince Cable

#cats #completely #confront #cut #environmental

The rich pay more in total taxes now than ever before - ever. It's true. Just like it's true that when the rich are convinced they're going to be taxed more, they spend less. And when the top few percenters don't spend, there goes all your spending, because they account for half of all retail spending. ↗

— Neil Cavuto

#because #before #convinced #ever #few

You don't raise taxes in times of such uncertainty. ↗

— Jason Chaffetz

#such #taxes #times #uncertainty #you