Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.
David Suzuki
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Federal gas tax revenues that are paid into the trust fund by highway users should be used for programs that benefit highway users.
Cynthia Lummis
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I am outraged that a House member has tried through this provision to breach the traditional confidentiality of individual Americans' tax returns. There is no reason for this measure, and this last-minute act violates all principles of judgment and common sense.
John Warner
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Demanding that the rich get a tax cut as a condition for tax relief for others is simply elitist.
Richard Thaler
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All religious believers should be licensed to make sure that they are competent to hold opinions and viewpoints and that they don't believe in just any old thing, such as creationism or a flat tax.
P. J. O'Rourke
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As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these people in Greece who are trying to escape tax.
Christine Lagarde
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A greater tax deduction for students is not a handout. On the contrary, it helps those who are willing to meet the challenges of higher education to invest in our collective future.
Charles B. Rangel
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Unmarried couples should get married - that's an excellent tax avoidance measure, if a bit drastic.
John Whiting
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The childcare tax credit makes some sense.
Noam Chomsky
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We would like a stable policy framework, and whatever incentives and tax structures are there should be made known to investors upfront. There should be credibility, clarity and continuity in both policy formulation and its implementation.
Narendra Modi
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To focus capital and entrepreneurship into empowering innovation, we should change is the capital gains tax rate. We would be better served by a regressive tax rate, that would become progressively smaller the longer the investment is held.
Clayton M. Christensen
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That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody.
Bud Abbott
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The precise point at which a tax deduction becomes a 'loophole' or a tax incentive becomes a 'subsidy for special interests' is one of the great mysteries of politics.
John Sununu
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A flat-rate poll tax would be politically unsustainable; even with a rebate scheme, the package would have an unacceptable impact on certain types of household.
Nigel Lawson
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Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.
Nancy Pelosi
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My biggest worry is that Obama says he's going to tax the upper 5 percent by raising their taxes by 20 percent. But among that 5 percent are the corporations that are hiring middle-class Americans.
Chuck Norris
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The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.
Bill Vaughan
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You have to be very rich to afford Labour, with 66 tax rises since they came in power.
John Redwood
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Repeal of the individual AMT has been a fundamental element of Republican tax reform campaign promises for years.
Richard Burr
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Our economy works really well without an income or a sales tax.
Maggie Hassan
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I have continuously said that, at the very minimum, the Bush tax cuts for income under $250,000 should be extended.
Brad Schneider
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Whoever is running the country should not be in the pay of a foreign interest. The best way is to see tax returns.
Bill Foster
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Fish and Wildlife has a significant amount of federal funds for land acquisition, yet it is skimping on management of the lands it already possesses and shortchanging local tax bases.
Stephen Fincher
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Tax incentives might spur hiring in the short run, but how lasting are those gains if the jobs expire with the tax credits and they come at the expense of investing in the new technologies of the future?
Myron Scholes
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