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We'll set our approach to borrowing, to spending, to taxation, in a sensible way on a sensible timescale.
Douglas Alexander
Approach
Our
Spending
Way
Borrowing
Sensible
Taxation
Set
I believe reduced spending, lower taxation, and economic growth go hand-in-hand.
Elizabeth Emken
Believe
Spending
Economic
Economic Growth
Reduced
Go
Hand-In-Hand
Taxation
Lower
Growth
It is the ability of governments to acquire money without direct taxation that makes modern warfare possible, and a central bank has become the preferred method of accomplishing that.
G. Edward Griffin
Money
Become
Possible
Ability
Direct
Without
Makes
Method
Accomplishing
Governments
Modern
Bank
Modern Warfare
Central
Central Bank
Warfare
Taxation
Acquire
Preferred
Corporations do not pay taxes, they collect them, passing the burden to consumers as a cost of production. And corporate taxation is a feast of rent-seeking - a cornucopia of credits, exemptions and other subsidies conferred by the political class on favored, and grateful, corporations.
George Will
Class
Grateful
Political
Burden
Pay
Other
Corporate
Corporations
Favored
Collect
Cost
Feast
Consumers
Passing
Political Class
Conferred
Subsidies
Them
Taxation
Taxes
Production
Credits
I lay this down as a fundamental proposition, which I do not think will be denied, that whoever controls the taxation and trade policy of a country controls its destiny and the entire character of its civilization.
George William Russell
Character
Will
Country
Down
Think
Destiny
Entire
Civilization
Lay
Proposition
Policy
Trade
Denied
Controls
Which
Taxation
Whoever
Fundamental
There is a need for greater multilateral cooperation to resolve trade conflicts, to address climate change and risks from cybersecurity, and to improve the effectiveness of international taxation.
Gita Gopinath
Change
Risks
Resolve
Address
Greater
Trade
Climate
Climate Change
Effectiveness
Improve
Conflicts
Taxation
International
Multilateral
Cooperation
Need
There are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation.
Herbert Hoover
Inflation
Three
First
Nation
Meet
Ways
Unpaid
Only
Taxation
Bills
Second
Third
As a general rule, governments are wise to avoid taxation that is voluntary, as they need a steady stream of income.
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Wise
Stream
Rule
Steady
General
General Rule
Voluntary
Governments
Taxation
Avoid
Income
Need
Sometimes 'sin' taxes are useful not because of their perceived health benefits but because they are effectively a form of voluntary taxation which tends to arouse less irritation than other taxes.
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Health
Benefits
Sometimes
Other
Perceived
Tends
Voluntary
Sin
Health Benefits
Because
Arouse
Effectively
Than
Form
Irritation
Which
Taxation
Taxes
Useful
Less
The Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that in 2016, the corporate income tax raised $300 billion in revenue, while what it called 'targeted subsidies' cost about $270 billion. In other words, Congress could eliminate the subsidies and cut the corporate rate nearly in half without any significant loss in revenue.
James B. Stewart
Words
Half
Congress
Other
Corporate
Significant
About
Cost
Rate
Could
Joint
Without
Revenue
Loss
Targeted
Subsidies
Any
Committee
Tax
In Other Words
Estimated
While
Taxation
Cut
Billion
Income
Income Tax
Nearly
Eliminate
Raised
A general principle of good taxation is that similar jobs, and similar kinds of compensation, should be taxed the same way: otherwise, the government is effectively subsidizing some jobs over others.
James Surowiecki
Government
Good
Others
Otherwise
Way
Jobs
Kinds
Some
Similar
General
Over
Principle
Effectively
Same
Taxation
Taxed
Should
Compensation
Government should concentrate on building up infrastructure and skill development. Simplification of taxation is another important area.
Jamshyd Godrej
Government
Important
Building
Area
Simplification
Development
Concentrate
Another
Up
Infrastructure
Taxation
Skill
Should
You talk to any of the job creators, and they'll tell you one of the things that concerns them the most is the debt. And so high levels of indebtedness are going to lead to high levels of taxation, which lead to high level of unemployment.
Jeb Hensarling
You
Job
Job Creators
Tell
High
One Of The Things
High Level
Lead
Most
Talk
Concerns
Debt
Unemployment
Any
Going
Which
Them
Taxation
Creators
Level
Things
Levels
Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.
John Ruskin
Occupation
Labor
Either
Lending
Taxation
Land
Fortunes
Large
Founded
A huge part of Apple profits generated in Europe, in African countries, Middle East, and India were all booked in Ireland. And I think it is a very basic principle in taxation that your profits are taxed where the profits are generated.
Margrethe Vestager
Think
Booked
East
India
Part
Countries
Principle
Were
Huge
Ireland
Very
Huge Part
Middle
African
Where
Middle East
Taxation
Taxed
Your
Europe
Apple
Basic
Profits
We have to change economic policy: create confidence, foster investment, cut the public deficit, restructure taxation and reform the labor laws.
Mariano Rajoy
Confidence
Change
Deficit
Laws
Restructure
Economic
Economic Policy
Investment
Policy
Labor
Reform
Public
Taxation
Cut
Create
Foster
The true principle of taxation is the benefit principle - those who benefit from a government service should pay for it. It's also known as the 'user pay' principle. Every effort should be made to link the payment of taxes or fees to the cost associated with the government service.
Mark Skousen
Service
Government
Made
Pay
Every
Benefit
Those
Cost
True
Fees
Also
Principle
Known
Link
Effort
Taxation
Taxes
Should
Payment
User
Who
Associated
Less regulation plus less taxation plus less litigation always equals more innovation and job creation.
Marsha Blackburn
Innovation
Job
Creation
Job Creation
Plus
More
Equals
Always
Litigation
Taxation
Regulation
Less
My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury.
Merton Miller
Finance
Corporate
Had
Since
Particularly
Expertise
Public
Taxation
Us
Worked
Treasury
I believe in taxation and health care that is outside the usual libertarian mandate, because I don't want people to have to suffer. It's as simple as that.
Neil Peart
Health
People
Simple
Care
Believe
Libertarian
Outside
Health Care
Because
Mandate
Want
Taxation
Usual
Suffer
Revolutions about taxation have shaped our history.
Priti Patel
History
Our
About
Shaped
Revolutions
Taxation
Socialism means government dependency, rationed resources, and exorbitant taxation. It means the destruction of every incentive to achieve.
Rachel Campos-Duffy
Government
Socialism
Destruction
Achieve
Every
Resources
Dependency
Taxation
Means
Incentive
Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits.
Rick Perry
Other
States
Those
Punitive
Jobs
Lawsuits
Factors
Excessive
Like
Because
Frivolous
Frivolous Lawsuits
Taxation
Flee
Regulation
No animal on the face of the earth could conceive of taxation. You and I work roughly six months a year to pay our local, state and federal taxes. If nothing else, this should convince you that animals are smarter than people.
Rita Mae Brown
Work
You
Animal
People
Face
Animals
Year
Nothing
Pay
Else
State
Local
Our
Earth
Months
Could
Federal
Smarter
Conceive
Than
Six
Taxation
Taxes
Convince
Should
Roughly
Some doomsayers think the collapse will be triggered by runaway government spending, excessive taxation, oppressive regulation, food shortages, fuel shortages or natural disasters such as deadly pandemics or lethal changes in the world's climate.
Robert Higgs
Government
Food
Natural
World
Will
Natural Disasters
Think
Changes
Spending
Collapse
Runaway
Some
Excessive
Disasters
Deadly
Climate
Oppressive
Government Spending
Shortages
Fuel
Taxation
Regulation
Lethal
I know a bit about taxation and the remarkable effort that goes in to avoiding it.
Robert Rinder
Bit
About
Remarkable
Know
Effort
Goes
Taxation
Avoiding
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