Quotes About Accountability

We all have to pay our bills. We all have to pay our taxes. Straight up.

Religions take donations and don't pay taxes.

There are always ways to make government better, always ways to make sure that the taxes of people are better spent.

And that does concern me, because we're not getting enough back for our taxes that we're paying. I think we really have to look at the whole sort of area.

I think I have the right to know what Steve Forbes paid in taxes - I don't think there should be a law. I think there should be a presumption. I wouldn't vote for a guy who wouldn't reveal what he paid in taxes. That kind of thing.

My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004. You killed my son, George Bush, and I don't owe you a penny.

One of the most lethal mistakes a public official can make is raising taxes and not paying your own.

I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that.

Charlie Rangel was writing laws on our taxes as chair of the Ways and Means Committee while somehow neglecting to pay his own.

I believe that the decisions which govern all our lives, the laws we must all obey, and the taxes we must all pay should be decided by people we choose and who we can throw out if we want change.

When governments run on petro dollars or petro revenue instead of taxes, then they kind of sever the link between taxation and representation, and if you're not being taxed, then you're not being represented.

I'm careful to pay every single penny on my taxes. I don't have any money offshore.

I do my taxes. I do my own bookkeeping. I pay rent.

You take responsibility for your children but you're not always the taxi driver and that doesn't make you a bad parent.

I'm not really a big fan of the idea that getting elected to public office means you get to live lavishly on the taxpayer's dime, in some mansion away from the people you represent.

State government owes it to every taxpayer to be as fiscally responsible as possible.

Keeping a lid on taxes is not just good for the taxpayer. It's a powerful way to force government to be more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter. Let me repeat that: more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter - that's what we need to be about.

If there's one thing I hope people are certain of it's this: I'm looking out for YOU - the taxpayer.

Where the federal government and the taxpayer has had funds misused, we need to use the full extent of the law to get those funds back for the taxpayer.

I was proud of President Trump for sticking up for the American taxpayer and saying it's time for you to shoulder your burden. You are not fulfilling your promise that you made to NATO. And you need to step up to the plate.

When I took office in 2011, I made a commitment that the Office of Attorney General would find ways to do more while spending fewer taxpayer dollars.

Since his election, President Trump has made clear that he and his administration will be focusing on ensuring that the government is a smart buyer, getting the most for the taxpayer's dollar.

I don't take lightly ever putting the taxpayer on the line to support an institution.

New Labour has deregulated, liberalised and privatised - but every time the private sector fails it is the taxpayer who pays.