Posts Tagged ‘treasury’
Charles Blow: Trump Personal Piggy Bank
on Sunday, August 26, 2018Charles M. Blow Money Quote saying taking regular trips from Washington D.C. to Mar-a-Lago to golf on the U.S. Treasury makes Trump appear to take the job lightly and he works infrequently. Charles M. Blow said:
“Trump appears to view the Treasury as a personal piggy bank and the presidency as a part-time job” — Charles M. Blow
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Sheri Dillon: Trump Hotel Profits to Treasury
on Wednesday, January 11, 2017Sheri Dillon Money Quote saying as conflict of interest attorney for Donald Trump that any profit from foreign government payments made to his hotels would be donated to the U.S Treasury. Sheri Dillon said:
President-elect Trump [will] voluntarily donate all profits from foreign government payments made to his hotels to the United States Treasury. This way it is the American people who will profit
— Sheri Dillon
Elizabeth Warren: Donald Trump Swampier
on Wednesday, November 30, 2016Elizabeth Warren Money Quote saying Donald Trump choosing cabinet that makes the swamp more murky and fills it with monsters. Elizabeth Warren said:
[Mnuchin’s] selection as Treasury Secretary should send shivers down the spine of every American who got hit hard by the financial crisis, and is the latest sign that Donald Trump has no intention of draining the swamp and every intention of running Washington to benefit himself and his rich buddies
— Elizabeth Warren
Judge Learned Hand: Not Bound to Best Pay
on Monday, April 4, 2016Judge Learned Hand Money Quote saying we all have the right to make certain we pay lowest level of taxes. Judge Learned Hand said:
Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury
— Judge Learned Hand
Judge Learned Hand: Taxes Low as Possible
on Sunday, April 3, 2016Judge Learned Hand Money Quote saying we need to understand that there is no reason for either rich or poor to pay more than minimum taxes required. Judge Learned Hand said:
Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everyone does it, rich and poor alike and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands
— Judge Learned Hand
Matthew: Blood Money Buy Potter’s Field
on Friday, November 20, 2015Matthew 27:5-8 Money Quote saying Judas laments over betraying Jesus to priests and discards the blood money in the temple. Matthew 27:5-8 said:
Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day
— Matthew 27:5-8
Cicero: Public Bankruptcy
on Monday, July 4, 2011Cicero Money Quotation saying more things change, the more they stay the same … is it possible the same economic warnings have existed forever. Cicero said:
The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt — Cicero