Subject: Government » Taxes (Page 2)

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.

(1959 – ) American comedian
Characteristics Taxes

The more heavily a man is supposed to be taxed, the more power he has to escape being taxed.

Government Money Murphy’s Laws Taxes

No Taxes… let's just tip the government 15% if they do a good job.

(1927 – 1997) Am. comedian & satirist notable for mock presidential campaign
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Tariff: A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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The most undesirable things are the most certain (death and taxes).

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The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing.

(1619 – 1683) French statesman
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There’s always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little – and it’s always somebody else.

(1923 – ) American quote & quip writer
Government Taxes

I think that after the third marriage Georgie tried to claim his divorce attorney as a dependent.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

Definitions Science/Weather Taxes

Whatever goes us, stays up.

Government Money Murphy’s Laws Taxes

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

(1927 – 2000) American businessman & Secretary of Treasury
Government Taxes

Remember the politician who wouldn't release his tax returns and it turned out he had nothing to hide? … Me neither.

(1958 – ) American writer, comedian, satirist & actor
Government Politicians Taxes

Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?

(1918 – 2007) American humor writer
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More than ever before, Americans are suffering from back problems, back taxes, back rent, back auto payments.

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer
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Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
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The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
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Taxpayer: One who doesn’t have to pass a civil service exam to work for the government.

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No One Likes Paying Taxes – What Makes You So Special?

Government Taxes

In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.

(1858 – 1932) American physicist, physician & humorist
Government Taxes

Today, it takes more brains and effort to make out the income-tax form than it does to make the income.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine
Government Money Taxes

The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
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