Quotes for All
I don’t think the folks in the low-tax states really want to go into a fairness discussion. Residents of Connecticut and New York would love to remind them how much they pay in federal taxes to support programs for Mississippi and South Dakota. Gail Collins
Some of the worst abuses of government force in recent years were precipitated by technical and victimless gun-law violations. For example, the BATF claimed that the Branch Davidians possessed machine guns without paying the required federal tax and filling in the proper registration forms. So a tax case worth less than $10,000 led to a … Read more
Are we ever going to have a federal tax system that regular people can understand? Dave Barry
Why can’t Americans do their own taxes? Because the federal Tax Code is out of control, that’s why. It’s gigantic and insanely complex, and it gets worse all the time. Nobody has ever read the whole thing. IRS workers are afraid to go into the same ROOM with it. Dave Barry
It’s April 15, tax day. The federal tax code is over 74,000 pages long. But stick with it because after page 72,000, it gets really good. Conan O’Brien
The day after Republicans won solid majorities in the House and Senate, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader-to-be Mitch McConnell outlined priorities for the newly elected Congress. High on the list is fundamental tax reform. In addition to overhauling the federal tax code, however, Congress should rein in the Internal Revenue Service. Cleta … Read more
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. Calvin Coolidge
The best things in life are free – and $19.95. Billy Mays
The tax collector must love poor people, he’s creating so many of them. Bill Vaughan
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin