equitable taxation Quotes

One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites.

A Wall Street money manager should not be able to pay a lower tax rate than a teacher or a nurse.

Taxation being a burthen, must needs weigh lightest on each individual, when it bears upon all alike.

People want just taxes more than they want lower taxes. They want to know that every man is paying his proportionate share according to his wealth.

America need a significantly changed taxation system. And the one that I've advocated is based on tithing, because I think God is a pretty fair guy. If you give me a tithe, it doesn't matter how much you make. If you've had a bumper crop, you don't owe me triple tithes. And if you've had no crops at all, you don't owe me no tithes. So there must be something inherently fair about it.

If in former times the taxation has been unjust, we ought to be thankful, that we have now discovered a method of making it equitable, and hope that this will be the means of uniting the citizens, not of dividing them; which would certainly be the case were they to attempt the recovery of taxes for the past, and make them equal to the present

Taxes shouldn't be higher; they should be fairer. We must be a party that's disciplined. We must make tough choices.

To maintain the harmony of authority and obedience, to chastise the proud, to protect the weak, to reward the deserving, to banish vice and idleness from his dominions, to secure the traveller and merchant, to restrain the depredations of the soldier, to cherish the labors of the husbandman, to encourage industry and learning, and, by an equal and moderate assessment, to increase the revenue, without increasing the taxes, are indeed the duties of a prince . . .