Joni Ernst Quotes

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.

The American taxpayers are a powerful force. They don't want their taxes raised.

What I want to do is create more taxpayers, not more taxes.

We need to stop kicking the can down the road and rethink our entire tax system toward long-term, comprehensive tax reform.

Taxation: how the sheep are shorn.

The Internal Revenue Service is more ruthless than the Gestapo. Abolish the IRS! Stamp out organized crime!

We need to simplify our tax code. We need to make sure that it’s not too cumbersome for people to be able to comply with. And that they don’t end up spending more money trying to file their taxes than they do actually paying in.

We need a simpler, fairer tax code that protects taxpayers. Not special interests.

For years, I have repeatedly said that Maryland taxpayers were being overtaxed and overcharged.

The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party.

The problem with wanting the tax code to be 'simpler, fairer,' and 'pro-growth' is that it's impossible to achieve all three at the same time.

Think what a revolution it will be if we manage to get everyone to pay their taxes.

Let me tell you what the Tea Party stands for. It stands for the fact that we are taxed enough already.

I think that taxes would be fair if we first get rid of the tax code. This is the ultimate solution, not to just say we're going to trim around the edges, not to say that we will try to simplify a little of this and a little of that. The problem is, replace the tax code, so we can establish tax fairness for everybody.

The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. People say, 'Oh, Grover Norquist has power.' No. Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform focus on the tax issue. The tax issue is a powerful issue.

The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.

I'm not for no taxes. That would be an anarchist. I am for lower taxes.

You know, the taxing authority of the United States is our most powerful weapon. You know, the reason we separated from England was because the British were using it abusively.

Nobody is opposed to paying taxes; governments need to coordinate, work together and simplify the law.

To sell a new tax to the voters you have to be very specific about what it is being used for.

When the income tax was passed, that provided a virtual unlimited supply of money for government.

We should take a look at our tax system every 75 years or so.

It will be a sad day for the revenues if the good will of the people toward their taxing system is frittered away in efforts to accomplish by taxation moral reforms that cannot be accomplished by direct legislation.

The tax code has been flawed and inefficient for a very long time, precisely because fixing it could be so terribly disruptive.

Maybe I should get back to the music-writing phase and write one on tax reform.