#taxpayers

Unlike despotisms, modern democracies are not supposed promiscuously to accumulate property and then charge their taxpayers to maintain it. But that is what they do. Governments are always trying to extend their responsibilities and their estates, and it is very hard for parliaments to reign them in. ↗

— James Buchan

#always #charge #democracies #estates #extend

If Americans want to see results instead of rhetoric, if taxpayers would like solutions instead of sound bites, and hard work instead of horse trading, I suggest you take a short look, and it won't take much longer, at the accomplishments of this Congress. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

#bites #congress #hard #hard work #horse

Several unions have agreed to larger employee contributions for their members. Taxpayers are living with cuts and making sacrifices to deal with the reality of California's budget crisis, state workers are going to have to do the same. ↗

— Jerry Brown

#budget #california #contributions #crisis #cuts

Aquatic invasive species are destroying the environment, damaging fisheries, and costing American taxpayers billions of dollars annually. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#american taxpayers #annually #billions #costing #damaging

Taxpayers don't need any more big government mandates that have proven to be disastrous. ↗

— Mike Rogers

#big #big government #disastrous #government #mandates

Let's stop talking about new taxes and start talking about creating new taxpayers, which basically means jobs. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#basically #creating #jobs #means #new

All communities have a right to clean water. The taxpayers of Pueblo should not have to carry the burden of the clean up cost simply because they live downstream. ↗

— John Salazar

#burden #carry #clean #clean up #clean water

We are now paying the cost of people who move jobs overseas as taxpayers, and people are appalled when they hear that. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#cost #hear #jobs #move #now

Low-income taxpayers deserve the same rights as everyone else. It was wrong of the IRS to target low-income taxpayers, and I am please by the decision to correct this unfair practice. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

#correct #decision #deserve #else #everyone

The taxpayers deserve accountability. ↗

— Byron Dorgan

#deserve #taxpayers