Quotes About Government

Private monopolies run by special interests should not get to raise taxes and set regulatory policy for the United States.

When you hear a politician say 'fair share,' you are talking about hypocritical political propaganda. You are not talking about an intelligent discussion of who is paying what and who isn't paying taxes.

Taxes are never popular.

Social Security may be the most beloved of all the government's programs, partly because it requires so little thinking. You pay taxes while you work, then you and your spouse collect until you die.

Arthur Laffer's idea, that lowering taxes could increase revenues, was logically correct. If tax rates are high enough, then people will go to such lengths to avoid them that cutting taxes can increase revenues. What he was wrong about was in thinking that income tax rates were already so high in the 1970s that cutting them would raise revenues.

Taxes suck. They really stink.

A lot of people feel left out by a government that taxes too much and regulates them too heavily and seems to result in a set of circumstances where economic and political incumbents benefit at everybody else's expense.

When taxes go up, tithing goes down. When the government assumes the role of the shepherd, the power of churches is diminished. It's another way to attack religion and for the state to eradicate it from society.

Nonstop taxes killed the middle class.

An Italy that collects lower taxes, that has well-defined times for the court proceedings, and that has less bureaucracy is good news that reassures the markets.

The biggest reason we know Justin Trudeau will raise taxes is because his never-ending deficits will force him to.

Taking money in taxes and paying it straight back in subsidies is wrong.

The laws of normal economics dictate that lower taxes combined with increased spending will lead to bigger deficits.

If you want to believe that the government's coming for our guns or that being gay is a choice and a sin or that ObamaCare signals the end of civilization or that cutting taxes for rich people is the path to a better America, that's your choice. I'm never going to believe in any of that.

We spend millions of hours doing taxes and spend so much money doing our taxes. It should be very simple.

What hinders the middle class the most is taxes, and what hinders business from creating jobs and moving people into the middle class are regulations.

We all know that lower taxes will grow our economy and make our nation stronger.

I fought for the U.S. government. I live in New York. I pay taxes in America.

The number one thing in this world that has brought people out of poverty is the ease of doing business. And it's getting harder and harder and harder. I mean, you basically have the Democrats out there saying I should pay more and more taxes on the profits I make.

In reality, every time the government takes an additional dollar in taxes out of someone's pocket, it's a dollar that person will not be able to spend or invest. When government spending goes up, private spending goes down. There is no net effect. No wealth creation.

We believe in the individual. Government protects our rights as individuals and our rights as property owners. We come together as a community to ensure our protections and to ensure our individuals' security. That's where government comes in and why we pay taxes.

We have no interest in raising taxes.

Because of fiscal responsibility, we will keep taxes low and maintain important priorities like IPERS.

I've been fortunate when in government to have a car at my disposal, which takes away the nightmare of getting a taxi.