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on Monday, October 18, 2021George Carlin Money Quote saying that separation of church and state protects churches from taxation – but when churches get into government. George Carlin said:
“You know what they ought to do with churches? Tax them. If holy people are so interested in politics, government, and public policy, let them pay the price of admission like everybody else. The Catholic Church alone could wipe out the national debt if all you did was tax their real estate” — George Carlin
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Frank Clemente: Pandemic Wealth
on Wednesday, October 6, 2021Frank Clemente Money Quote saying the pandemic has made billionaires richer and the costs of the health crisis justifies tax reform to include that new wealth. Frank Clemente said:
“The unconscionable growth in billionaire wealth through the misery of the pandemic is the clearest case I can imagine for the progressive tax reform working its way through Congress” — Frank Clemente
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Susana Ruiz: Greed to Hoard
on Monday, October 4, 2021Susana Ruiz Money Quote saying as Oxfam International’s Tax Policy Lead, about the Pandora Papers expose of tax havens and trusts. Susana Ruiz said:
“Bravo to the whistleblowers and journalists for shining a light into this secret parallel system of capital, one open only to those with fat amounts of money and the greed to hoard it all untaxed, and those who facilitate it” — Susana Ruiz
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Martin L. Gross: Tax Laws Written
on Thursday, September 30, 2021Martin L. Gross Money Quote saying the tax code was created by the wealthy, who don’t get what the working men and women need to survive. Martin L. Gross said:
“The tax laws are written by men with considerable net worth, and with little understanding of what wage-earners must do to make ends meet” — Martin L. Gross
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Lucretia Mott: Woman Property Tax
on Monday, July 19, 2021Lucretia Mott Money Quote saying women had payed taxes used to fund universities they could not attend at the time. Lucretia Mott said:
“Women’s property has been taxed, equally with that of men’s, to sustain colleges endowed by the states; but they have not been permitted to enter those high seminaries of learning” — Lucretia Mott
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Peter De Vries: Pay Less Taxes
on Friday, July 16, 2021Peter De Vries Money Quote saying the wealthy somehow pay less in taxes than the rest of us. Peter De Vries said:
“The rich aren’t like us, they pay less taxes” — Peter De Vries
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Abigail Disney: Government Taking
on Friday, July 16, 2021Abigail Disney Money Quote saying the Disney family trusts were structured to keep the government from taking any of the funds. Abigail Disney said:
“My grandfather Roy O. Disney, who co-founded the Walt Disney Company with his brother Walt, was a fervent believer in this idea. He was so determined to prevent the government from taking any of the money he wanted to leave to his family that he created generation-skipping trusts to end-run the IRS. What he did back then was so effective that most of it is illegal today” — Abigail Disney
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Margaret Thatcher: After Tax Money
on Sunday, July 11, 2021Margaret Thatcher Money Quote saying families ought to be able to spend as they like, after taxes are paid. Margaret Thatcher said:
“Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice, extend the will to choose and the chance to choose” — Margaret Thatcher
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