Subject: Government » Taxes (Page 3)

No politician talks taxes during an election year.

Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.

Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund.

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

The rich aren’t like us… they pay less taxes.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

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

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

A taxpayer is someone who does not have to take a civil service exam in order to work for the government.

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

(1927 – 2000) American businessman & Secretary of Treasury

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

The wages of sin are unreported.

The only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax.

(1860 – 1917) Scottish politician & judge

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

The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

Bing (Crosby) doesn't pay income tax; he just calls the government and says, 'How much do you boys need?'

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

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

Democracy is mob rule, but with income taxes.

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors and miss.

(1907 – 1988) science fiction author

I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States; the only thing is – I could be just as proud for half the money.

(1903 – 1983) American radio and television broadcaster & entertainer

As long as you are a tax deduction, you will always be safe in my house.

(1961 – ) American comedian, actor & talk show host

Where there's a will, there's an inheritance tax.