Quotes About Government

Less government, less regulation, lower taxes.

I just don't want to pay taxes.

The Constitution acknowledges two kinds of taxes: direct and indirect... Examples of direct taxes are income and property taxes... Examples of indirect taxes are import and excise taxes.

We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes.

I said we are going to balance an $11 billion budget deficit in a $29 billion budget, so by percentage, the largest budget deficit in America, by percentage, larger than California, larger than New York, larger than Illinois. And we're going to balance that without raising taxes on the people of the state of New Jersey.

Taxes can set the level of activity around which the economy fluctuates, but they have very little effect on the fluctuations themselves.

Some taxes are really dumb.

There certainly is a case to be made that taxes should be more progressive.

I come from Cuba. Taxes for me are no big thing.

Good intentions often get muddled with very complex execution. The last time the government tried to make taxes easier, it created a 1040 EZ form with a 52-page help booklet.

There are going to be no income taxes and no wealth taxes.

I don't like paying taxes, but I like sleeping at night.

But I benefit from the taxes I pay because I know how to access the benefits of the taxes.

Fannie Mae is owned by shareholders but operates under a federal charter that exempts it from paying state or local taxes. As a result, many professional investors think the government would repay the debt that Fannie Mae had issued if the company could not, although Fannie Mae explicitly says that its bonds do not carry a federal guarantee.

I believe Nebraskans appreciate the fiscal discipline I've brought to state government, balancing the budget without raising taxes and prioritizing education funding.

I'm not going to raise taxes.

If you raise taxes, it won't reduce the deficit. The other team will simply spend the resources.

Taxes should be simple and fair... I'm not for increasing income taxes - if we even have an income tax.

Raise the taxes, and we find less money in our pockets. Lower the taxes, and we've got more money in those pockets, and we spend it on all kinds of things.

What we lack is a good, strong business climate with lower taxes, fairer regulation.

The bill that job creators and out-of-work Americans need us to pass is the one that ensures taxes won't go up - one that says Americans and small-business owners won't get hit with more bad news at the end of the year.

All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the way.

I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll pay more, but it won't solve the problem.

Governments should end the extreme concentration of wealth in order to end poverty. This means tackling tax dodging but also increasing taxes on wealth and high incomes to ensure a more level playing field and generate the billions of dollars needed to invest in healthcare, education, and job creation.