Posts Tagged ‘taxation’
Joseph Stiglitz: Americans Taxation Burden
on Monday, April 18, 2016Joseph Stiglitz Money Quote saying working americans are bearing the larger burden of taxes that corporations should be sharing. Joseph Stiglitz said:
Their lobby helped create this law that allows them to escape taxes, pushing the burden of taxation on ordinary Americans
— Joseph Stiglitz
Edward Abbey: Taxation How Sheep Shorn
on Sunday, March 27, 2016Edward Abbey Money Quote saying suggesting that there are also wolves among the citizens taxed. Edward Abbey said:
Taxation: how the sheep are shorn
— Edward Abbey
Hugo Black: Taxation by Confession
on Tuesday, March 22, 2016Hugo Black Money Quote saying we are expected to admit those taxes we owe when filing. Hugo Black said:
The United States has a system of taxation by confession
— Hugo Black
Jean-Baptiste Colbert Plucking Tax Goose
on Saturday, April 11, 2015Jean-Baptiste Colbert Money Quotation saying we are taxed at a rate that we will stand for and object more violently as rate increases. Jean-Baptiste Colbert said:
The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing
— Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Albert Bushnell Hart: Paying Taxes Civilizing
on Tuesday, April 7, 2015Albert Bushnell Hart Money Quotation saying we keep our civilization by paying for our society through investing in an infrastructure. Albert Bushnell Hart said:\
“Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized” — Albert Bushnell Hart
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Terry Pratchett on Menace of Taxes
on Wednesday, March 12, 2014Terry Pratchett Money Quotation saying taxes threaten us with ominous penalties when we fail to pay outside the rules which allow avoidance. Terry Pratchett said:
Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces
— Terry Pratchett
Laurence Peter: American Tax Irony
on Thursday, April 14, 2011Dr. Laurence J. Peter Money Quotation saying the founding fathers created these United States to avoid the Queen’s heavy tax burden, but we have now exceeded her. Dr. Laurence J. Peter said:
“America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation” — Dr. Laurence J. Peter
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Vanya Cohen: Robbery & Taxation Thieves
on Friday, April 8, 2011Vanya Cohen Money Quotation saying the entire federal government constitutes a frightening hoard standing at the ready to collect from all income. Vanya Cohen said:
When there’s a single thief, it’s robbery. When there are a thousand thieves, it’s taxation
— Vanya Cohen