Quotes About Responsibility

People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes.

I think the rich should pay more in taxes - I agree with that 100 percent - but everybody should feel the pain a little bit.

You've seen my statements; I do very well. I don't mind paying some taxes. The middle class is getting clobbered in this country. You know the middle class built this country, not the hedge fund guys, but I know people in hedge funds that pay almost nothing, and it's ridiculous, OK?

I don't know whether other people should or shouldn't pay taxes. I know I can, and I am willing, to pay more taxes. I know I should not get Social Security. I don't need it.

I think I should pay more taxes... but everything they take from me should go to reduce the debt.

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

Lizzie Armitstead

In addition to reining in spending, taxes, tolls and fees, let's rein in how much the state borrows.

When I started to make more or less serious money - for those times - then, of course, I wanted to show everyone that life is different: it's a new kind of life; we are earning this money. We wanted to pay taxes and live honestly.

The wealthiest can afford to pay more in taxes. That's a part of the deal. That makes sense. I don't know anyone that doesn't agree with that.

Democratic socialism means, that in a democratic, civilized society, the wealthiest people and the largest corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.

Taxes suck. They really stink.

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

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

When we were working on 'Taxi to the Dark Side,' we would purposefully not show it to certain people in the cutting room, because we would include a lot of horrible material and would need a fresh pespective. They would look at us and say, 'Are you out of your minds? You can't include that!'

Certainly, I know what it's like to be obsessed. I haven't always been there for my children. They could reach me, but I wasn't always there. But, you know, that's not necessarily anything to do with being a writer. I mean, a taxi driver could have the same problem... Maybe.

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

I'll tell you where the injustice is. It's with the person earning £12,000 to £15,000-a-year who is being asked to be restrained by their business or employer. Yet the taxpayer has bailed out the banks, so why are they not showing restraint?

As a businessperson, I don't have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.

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.

When the banks grow to or when these financial institutions grow to such a size that they can't sustain themselves, or what have you, they have problems, economic problems, or financial problems, they shouldn't be able to look back to you and I, the taxpayer, to be bailed out.

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

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

After all, as a taxpayer, if I'm acting as the insurer against losses, I should have the right to say what risks the insured can take.