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ALAN BUSH Refinery shutdowns will have a big impact on gasoline prices, ... and that's a tax on consumers.
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This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher"(when aske...
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CARL GOMEZ There will be a big tax cut for the middle class. But any tax cuts we have for the upper class will ...
STEVE MNUCHIN Many states rely on sales tax as their principle source of revenue and do not have a State income ta...
WILLIAM L. JENKINS One of the best ways to motivate consumers to try new products is through sampling. Ten percent resp...
JULIE HALL The Panel's income tax reform plan would make some positive changes such as eliminating the double-t...
CHRIS EDWARDS I'm planning to accumulate more Treasuries. Higher oil prices are going to depress consumption. It's...
AKIRA TAKEI I personally - if I were designing the tax code - would have a tax code in which Mitt Romney paid mo...
BILL KRISTOL![]()
[At a minimum, this will hit consumers' pocketbooks—and perhaps their confidence. Before Katr...
MARK ZANDI![]()
[At a minimum, this will hit consumers' pocketbooks—and perhaps their confidence. Before Katrina, ...
MARK ZANDI Don't assume the investment is tax-free. It's a relatively new product.
BARBARA RAASCH Under our proposal, neither ongoing government regulation nor the self- interest of an entrenched mo...
JOEL KLEIN Against this background we are confident of our earlier expectations that we will be able to grow pr...
HENNING KAGERMANN The speaker has been pushing for the elimination of the sales tax on clothing for years and is disap...
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I love the Roth IRA. Tax-free income in retirement is a truly great deal.
SUZE ORMAN Following their presentation I asked Dan Kelly if he would be willing to make a power point presenta...
JAMES WITTENBACH The unofficial surveys and conversations we have had with people who deliver gasoline to stations an...
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CHUCK DAVIS Once the parades have ended and the leftovers are put away, many consumers will find a few precious ...
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WILLIAM FORD I'm a free market person, a free trader. But if we had a market in California, there would be compet...
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JOE BIDEN You don't have that. How would the situation be any different if Mr. Giordano were a bank president?
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DANIEL M. KOZUB Consumers haven't shown any emotional response. We will carefully watch the situation.
ITARU KOEDA![]()
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LARRY ELDER We believe that this tax rate, at 20 percent, is a significant increase in tax and may lead us to no...
RICHARD OWEN There is no precedent for this, but there is no question who put this situation in motion. If they d...
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If I could wave a magic wand, we would eliminate income tax; we would eliminate corporate tax. We wo...
GARY JOHNSON It's tax diversification. If tax rates go up, it would be nice to have a fund that you don't have to...
JAMES LANGE There are a number of programs in place to encourage developers, and I don't support that. If free-m...
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BETH ZIMMERMAN![]()
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ELLEN DAVIS
JEANNE MEYER
The 3 percent overall federal tax rate I would pay -- if a Berkshire dividend were to be tax free --... WARREN BUFFETT The legislature has given us the task of protecting consumers who pay someone else to prepare their ...
ELAINE LYTTLETON Less tension in the Middle East is always a positive, and any drop in gas prices will essentially ac...
JEFF DUNCAN
Texas has no income tax, which is a big draw for corporate executives who do business there. But it&... GAIL COLLINS Imagine a 40-to-50 percent sales tax -- that would cheer everybody up,
ROBERT MCINTYRE I support both a Fair Tax and a Flat Tax plan that would dramatically streamline the tax system. A F...
RALPH HALL
A consumption tax, a national sales tax makes some sense. But I think that if we move towards a Fair... KEN BUCK The Union Budget has brought the cooking gas under the purview of Central Sales Tax. Now no State ca...
HARSH VARDHAN The fundamental class division in any society is not between rich and poor, or between farmers and c...
DAVID BOAZ
God forbid that the United Kingdom should take a lead and introduce a sensible tax system of its own... NIGEL LAWSON The number-one aspect of the shopping season this year will be sales and promotions. If retailers ca...
ELLEN TOLLEY If you increase the sales tax... everybody would be taxed.
ROBERT STRAUSS
What I do is allow middle-income families to finally be able to save their money tax-free. No tax on... MITT ROMNEY The state attorneys general have abandoned the slightest precepts that they're representing consumer...
SLADE GORTON That's not in the cards. In the end, consumers will be free to trade any way they want.
JULIO GOMEZ In some ways, the sales tax is fairer. A retired person living on a fixed salary, their property tax...
DON CROSBY We were in a bonus and we couldn't make any free throws. Free throws were the problem. I'll bet we d...
DARIAN GILLIAM Free ultimately expands markets. Consumers recognize the difference between what they pay for and wh...
MICHAEL WOLF It would be an entity that would define our boundaries in The Woodlands. It would allow for a centra...
BRUCE TOUGH From our consumer survey, we found that consumers plan to spend a little more this year than last, ....
ELLEN TOLLEY If you took the sales-tax deduction instead of the income-tax deduction when you itemized, then your...
BOB SCHARIN One reason we want to collect the use tax and have been very aggressive about it is that 100 percent...
DANNY BRAZELL There must be no barriers for freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scie...
ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
There must be no barriers for freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scient... J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER There is no functional difference between a wire-based phone call and a wireless phone call, so they...
KATE PHILIPS A higher oil price is like a tax on consumers. It pushes up price levels and consumers are going to ...
GEOFF LEWIS
There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scienti... J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
There's no question that consumers are looking for value today. IRENE ROSENFELD In almost every survey of consumers, they say they don't mind spending money. What they hate is the ...
ALAN BUSH Refinery shutdowns will have a big impact on gasoline prices, ... and that's a tax on consumers.
JOSHUA SHAPIRO If you were to look at Alaska simply with its corporate tax code compared to the rest of the United ...
SCOTT HODGE With DRM technology's expanding role in the market, levies have become a superfluous double tax on c...
FRANCISCO MINGORANCE
Become empowered with a tax free HSA. JEB BUSH During the month of January, about 40 percent of gift cards are redeemed and that is exactly what co...
MICHAEL NIEMIRA With the exception of Christmas Day, when so many consumers turn their attention from gift shopping ...
DAN HESS Consumers should not have to fill out a voucher and give personal information to the federal governm...
JOHN DINGELL The retailers of the world basically said, why aren't we treated in the same fashion? State governme...
BRENT FRANK We take the headache out of searching for and obtaining a loan. Our one-stop shopping marketplace al...
DOUG ANDERSON If they could basically guarantee that the product would get in the hands of consumers in a more tim...
KATHLEEN JAEGER Were the sales in January created by a tax motive? Probably,
LAURENCE FOSTER It would be a wash for the county, but the cities would be the big loser; they receive a percentage ...
ELLIS WILLIFORD If consumer confidence holds steady, and consumers spend the money from tax cuts, and once business ...
RAJEEV DHAWAN
Bain also asked Kansas City for a $3 million tax break. The Bain executives were taking home $36 mil... JENNIFER GRANHOLM If you had 100 kids paying, that's not bad in tax-free money.
RONNIE ARNOLD It's not bad if you can make an extra $100 a day tax free.
RONNIE ARNOLD American consumers benefit from free trade and investment.
JOHN SHADEGG
We just hope that... it inadvertently does not affect access consumers would have. MICHAEL JACKSON
This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher"(when aske... ALBERT EINSTEIN Four more (free throws) would have meant overtime, five would have won it -- and we'd still be less ...
MIKE RUSZKOWSKI We're pleased that consumers will have the benefit of devices that will work well in the IP environm...
ART BRODSKY Free throw shooting was really bad. Since Christmas, we've improved a lot. We have been around 70 pe...
JEFF VANARSDEL Consumers still do appear to be spending their (tax) rebate checks, but perhaps not as aggressively ...
JEFF KLEINTOP Molson Coors' third-quarter results were driven primarily by a very favorable effective tax rate of ...
BONNIE HERZOG Most of this country's wealth is in real estate and small business ownership. And investors over 40 ...
TOM ANDERSON Today, the governor has no intention of suspending the sales tax. It would be an option, under a var...
LIZ BOYD We will provide you free to match your lowest staking bet. It is 100 % legal and tax free and provid...
MATCHEDBETTINGEXPERTS There is no question companies are not doing this for the tax benefits.
ELI SEGAL Consumers continue to expand their online buying into new product categories as they become more com...
CARRIE JOHNSON Consumers continue to expand their online buying into new product categories as they become more com...
CARRIE JOHNSON Consumers have a lot going for them in this holiday shopping season.
CARL GOMEZ There will be a big tax cut for the middle class. But any tax cuts we have for the upper class will ...
STEVE MNUCHIN Many states rely on sales tax as their principle source of revenue and do not have a State income ta...
WILLIAM L. JENKINS One of the best ways to motivate consumers to try new products is through sampling. Ten percent resp...
JULIE HALL The Panel's income tax reform plan would make some positive changes such as eliminating the double-t...
CHRIS EDWARDS I'm planning to accumulate more Treasuries. Higher oil prices are going to depress consumption. It's...
AKIRA TAKEI I personally - if I were designing the tax code - would have a tax code in which Mitt Romney paid mo...
BILL KRISTOL
[At a minimum, this will hit consumers' pocketbooks—and perhaps their confidence. Before Katr... MARK ZANDI
[At a minimum, this will hit consumers' pocketbooks—and perhaps their confidence. Before Katrina, ... MARK ZANDI Don't assume the investment is tax-free. It's a relatively new product.
BARBARA RAASCH Under our proposal, neither ongoing government regulation nor the self- interest of an entrenched mo...
JOEL KLEIN Against this background we are confident of our earlier expectations that we will be able to grow pr...
HENNING KAGERMANN The speaker has been pushing for the elimination of the sales tax on clothing for years and is disap...
EILEEN LARRABEE
I love the Roth IRA. Tax-free income in retirement is a truly great deal. SUZE ORMAN Following their presentation I asked Dan Kelly if he would be willing to make a power point presenta...
JAMES WITTENBACH The unofficial surveys and conversations we have had with people who deliver gasoline to stations an...
BEN BROCKWELL Once the parades have ended and the leftovers are put away, many consumers will find a few precious ...
CHUCK DAVIS Once the parades have ended and the leftovers are put away, many consumers will find a few precious ...
CHUCK DAVIS Consumers have been on a shopping frenzy for so long, they may be trying now to 'pace themselves' in...
WILLIAM FORD I'm a free market person, a free trader. But if we had a market in California, there would be compet...
ANNA ESHOO The problem with free trade agreements in general is that, especially with the U.S., they are always...
DOUG KNIGHT Companies that don't understand that these kids are different as consumers, are going to be in deep ...
DON TAPSCOTT
Any dealer who would sell on a Sunday would jeopardize their license by doing so. Consumers like the... TIM JACKSON
No one making less than $250,000 under Barack Obama's plan will see one single penny of their ta... JOE BIDEN You don't have that. How would the situation be any different if Mr. Giordano were a bank president?
DENNIS JACOBS As I have been walking door to door, at least 80 percent of the people would rather see a sales tax ...
DANIEL M. KOZUB Consumers haven't shown any emotional response. We will carefully watch the situation.
ITARU KOEDA
Under Ronald Reagan - who cut the top tax rate from 70 percent to 28 percent - black income, busines... LARRY ELDER We believe that this tax rate, at 20 percent, is a significant increase in tax and may lead us to no...
RICHARD OWEN There is no precedent for this, but there is no question who put this situation in motion. If they d...
CHRISTOPHER MCGRATH Our survey results reinforce our outlook for a continued slowdown in e-commerce sales. At this early...
ANTHONY NOTO
If I could wave a magic wand, we would eliminate income tax; we would eliminate corporate tax. We wo... GARY JOHNSON It's tax diversification. If tax rates go up, it would be nice to have a fund that you don't have to...
JAMES LANGE There are a number of programs in place to encourage developers, and I don't support that. If free-m...
DORN PETERSON What's holding up the consumer is habit. Until things change in a very material manner, American con...
RICHARD HASTINGS We have a responsibility to do this. How are we going to pay for it? By tax dollars. On a tax dollar...
ROD RUDDOCK If they (businesses) make a donation for two years, 90 percent of their tax liability is forgiven by...
MARK LOVE Many of the environmental modifications of interest to women are so fundamental that I expect them t...
BETH ZIMMERMAN
I don't go tanning anymore because Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning. McCain would never put... NICOLE POLIZZI There's no question that gas prices will play a factor, but I don't think that the fallout will be a...
ELLEN DAVIS
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