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on Tuesday, May 7, 2019Olympe De Gouges Money Quote saying a proposed voluntary tax on the wealthy was her suggestion to help France overcome social unrest around the French Revolution. Olympe De Gouges said:
“My voluntary tax is only aimed at the rich, these sovereigns of wealth to whom I show the perils of the Nation, their own particular perils” — Olympe De Gouges
Born May 7, 1748 – Died November 3, 1793
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Madeleine Begun Kane: Receipts
on Monday, April 15, 2019Madeleine Begun Kane Money Quote saying Limerick to Tax Prep suggests poor record-keeping means lost receipts, eaten by the family dog threaten imprisonment. Madeleine Begun Kane said:
“My records are scattered. Oh dear! And tax filing day’s almost here. My receipts are all over — Some eaten by Rover. I’m destined for prison, I fear” — Madeleine Begun Kane
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Madeleine Begun Kane: Form 1040
on Sunday, April 14, 2019Madeleine Begun Kane Money Quote saying one particular tax form really makes her mad, the one that is accompanied by a late check. Madeleine Begun Kane said:
“There’s a tax form that makes me irate: Form 1040, a long form I hate, Due mid-April, each year, With my check. (Will it clear?) It’s no wonder I always file late” — Madeleine Begun Kane
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Madeleine Begun Kane: Tax Stress
on Saturday, April 13, 2019Madeleine Begun Kane Money Quote saying taxes cause everyone to be stressed out and confused by tax forms in April each year. Madeleine Begun Kane said:
“Why does tax filing time cause such stress? Wretched forms to fill out—it’s a mess! All confused, you say, “Heck!” Then you write out a check For what’s due or, at least, your best guess” — Madeleine Begun Kane
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Phyllis McGinley: Middle-Bracket
on Tuesday, April 9, 2019Phyllis McGinley Money Quote saying Everything about them is average from income to home, to attitudes. Phyllis McGinley said:
“I’m a middle-bracket person with a middle-bracket spouse, And we live together gaily in a middle-bracket house. We’ve a fair-to-middlin’ family; we take the middle view; So we’re manna sent from heaven to internal revenue” — Phyllis McGinley
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Kate Sheppard: Pay Taxes Voice
on Sunday, March 10, 2019Kate Sheppard Money Quote saying as a New Zealand suffragist that because women must obey the law and pay taxes, they should reasonably be expected to have a say in how they are affected by them. Kate Sheppard said:
“If we have to obey the law, then we ask for a voice in the making of that law. If we pay taxes … we want to have a voice in saying how that money is spent” — Kate Sheppard
Born March 10, 1847 – Died July 13, 1934 (Her work led to New Zealand becoming the first country to grant women the vote in 1893)
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Sheppard pictured on NZ $10 Note, Issued in 1999 by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
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Michael Cohen: Millions Tax Refund
on Wednesday, February 27, 2019Michael Cohen Money Quote saying during congressional testimony on February 27 that President Trump told him in 2008 that the government was stupid for refunding him $10 Million on his taxes. Michael Cohen said:
“When telling me in 2008 that he was cutting employees’ salaries in half – including mine – he showed me what he claimed was a $10 million IRS tax refund, and he said that he could not believe how stupid the government was for giving “someone like him” that much money back” — Michael Cohen
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George Washington: Credit Prosper
on Tuesday, January 8, 2019George Washington Money Quote saying in the first State of the Union Address to Congress on January 8, 1790 that we should work out how to pay our debts ($11,000,000 at the time). George Washington said:
“An adequate provision for the support of the public Credit is a matter of high importance to the national honor and prosperity” — George Washington
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