A lot of people believe that when they pay that 2 percent to Columbus, we're getting some of it, but that's not the case. The 0.3-percent does stay here. Any additional income created by an income-tax increase will be a redistribution of what's already being paid. A resident wouldn't owe any more money to Columbus.
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Related It's not like they're not getting any redistribution from the government. We want less income redist... DAN MITCHELL In 2010 the U.S. will have a payroll tax rate increase, an estate tax increase, and income tax incre... ARTHUR LAFFER You replace it by 23 percent tax, a frank, transparent tax embedded in the cost at retail, and every... JOHN LINDER The only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax. THOMAS DEWAR I've been paying a lot of money in state income taxes, and I've been happy to do it, but whe... TOM GOLISANO Nothing hurts more than having to pay an income tax, unless it is not having to pay an income tax. LORD THOMAS DEWAR Nothing hurts more than having to pay an income tax, unless it is not having to pay an income tax. THOMAS ROBERT DEWAR The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government. BARRY GOLDWATER It is not hard to appreciate that this provides a significant boost to incomes and spending. With ex... MALCOLM EDEY When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of in... PLATO If you owe money, and you know you owe money, you have to pay 90 percent of your tax. JO ELLEN HUGHES Here's the truth. The proposed top rate of income tax is not 50 per cent. It is 50 per cent plus... ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER To be eligible for this program, they have to live in substandard housing. In this area, it means th... DICK TAYLOR Americans are stuck at giving 2 percent of their income to charity. What that means is that it's a f... DANIEL BOROCHOFF We believe you will not have to pay more than the current rate structure proposes - which is, for 50... GRAY DAVIS Once you realize that trickle-down economics does not work, you will see the excessive tax cuts for ... HA-JOON CHANG It is not fair that honest people who always paid their taxes were being denied a cut in income tax ... JOSEPH MUSCAT I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small che... DAVID ROCKEFELLER It used to be that spending more than 30 percent of your income on housing costs was a major cost bu... BRUCE NISSEN When there is an income tax, the just will pay more and the unjust less PLATO If you have business expenses, they must be for 2 percent of your income if you want to deduct them.... GAIL WINAWER I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any for... BARACK OBAMA Our community sends a lot of income tax money to the State of Wisconsin. COLIN BUTLER Residents in the complex cannot pay more than 30 percent of their gross income for rent. The highest... DAVE COOPER A lot of people are talking about the fact that the income tax is a more progressive tax, because it... PATTI PAWLING Higher income earners are more likely to be audited because there is more tax money at stake, ... Th... ERIC TYSON Molson Coors' third-quarter results were driven primarily by a very favorable effective tax rate of ... BONNIE HERZOG I have no doubt that 90 percent of people will be happy to pay a fee for a referral that they can't ... KONSTANTIN GUERICKE For those who are in that choice, those are probably low income people. About 14 million Americans a... JIM KOLBE You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES If you're paying for child care today, or if you're paying for custodial care of a dependent parent,... JOSEPH MARTINGALE It’s like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of shit... MILES DAVIS It's not unheard of, in certain developing countries, for people to pay up to 20 percent of their ye... ALAN NOGEE The Panel's income tax reform plan would make some positive changes such as eliminating the double-t... CHRIS EDWARDS I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY A very small part of the water rate increase is to make additional money available from water rates ... LANCE ROBERTSON Texas has no income tax, which is a big draw for corporate executives who do business there. But it&... GAIL COLLINS Even if you have that money stored in a regular bank account, you are going to be earning 1 percent ... CINDY FRAILING [Increased interest rates might also mean a smaller pay raise as well as a more gradual increase in ... DAVID ORR Why is it that half of the households in America pay zero income tax? We need some real tax reform. JOHN CORNYN A uniform tax rate of 25 percent means a gigantic redistribution from the bottom to the top, GERHARD SCHROEDER while personal income in the U.S. more than doubled between i 96o and the 19gos in constant dollars,... MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI What you do by having an income tax rate reduction across the board, you really provide great incent... ARTHUR LAFFER It's a lot of money (when) you add it on to what (he's) already trying to achieve. (People) need to ... DON BLANDIN And what's interesting, and I don't think a lot of Americans understand this fact, is that, ... GEORGE W. BUSH You must make an accurate estimate of any tax due and pay at least 90 percent when you request an ex... GLORIA WAJCIECHOWSKI A safety net for the poor indeed requires some level of income redistribution. ARI FLEISCHER We have lots of homes for upper income people, but the middle class is being squeezed stagnant wages... GLEN LEWINSKI It's a hidden tax that's very easy to raise and it's frighteningly efficient. Even a 1 percent incre... DANIEL MITCHELL The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people - not onl... BARNEY FRANK Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER If you were to look at Alaska simply with its corporate tax code compared to the rest of the United ... SCOTT HODGE We have a responsibility to do this. How are we going to pay for it? By tax dollars. On a tax dollar... ROD RUDDOCK I'm not sure which form it will take -- maybe a lengthy period of subdued consumer spending or somet... JAN HATZIUS If you've paid at least 90 percent of your current tax liability by April 15 or 100 percent of the p... CINDY FRAILING A lot of girls annoy me who go to university - one girl told me she was going to Oxford because it w... JEFFREY BERNARD Any cut to Pell Grants means low-income must take out additional loans or work longer hours - risk f... HANK JOHNSON They can't change the AMT tax consequences of that $55 that they made in virtual income when they ex... CLAUDIA HILL Last year's season cut my income by 25 percent, and if you cut it by half again, I'm not going to be... DUNCAN MACLEAN The death tax destroys family businesses and stifles investment that leads to increases in jobs and ... JENNIFER DUNN Today, the death tax destroys family businesses and stifles investment that leads to increases in jo... JENNIFER DUNN Low-income Canadians benefit relatively little from these tax cuts, yet they may be hurt a great dea... ELLEN RUSSELL (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON Tax revenues are going to be lower. Fewer people will have jobs, fewer people will pay income tax, m... PAUL DONOVAN I believe that the only people who really, truly benefit from any of the policies of Republicans are... QUESTLOVE Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Don't settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God crea... CRAIG GROESCHEL When you look at 26 pay periods on average and divide that into $70, it's really not going to be hug... GARY GUDMUNDSON Most poor families are living completely unassisted in a private rental market, devoting most of the... MATTHEW DESMOND The first provided a 10 percent signing bonus and a pay increase of 3 percent in the first year and ... CHARLIE MCDONALD Did you know that they introduced the 15 percent flat tax on individual and corporate income in Iraq... JUAN COLE A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE Our 3 percent increase in net income was driven by strong loan growth, an improved net interest marg... ROBERT GRISWOLD I don't see any purpose in a gross receipts tax. It's inequitable. The best way to tax a business is... MICHAEL GRANOF This number does not increase the case for a move beyond 5 percent. BRIAN DOLAN It was Spanish Jewry, not Spanish jewelry, that paid for Columbus' voyage of discovery. MEL WACKS We believe that this tax rate, at 20 percent, is a significant increase in tax and may lead us to no... RICHARD OWEN Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one's wife's... HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN
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