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We definitely need them, I'd be willing to pay a fifty cent tax, that's the only way to stop this crime in the city.

We passed over 2 trillion in tax relief for hardworking American families, we provided the president with trade promotion authority so that he could seek freer and fairer trade markets, and we approved a long overdue voluntary prescription drug benefit in Medicare for the first time in the program's history. He has been a great leader ... and we appreciate all he has done.

He believes it is incumbent upon elected officials to do all they can to bring in new revenues without hiking taxes. The controller believes that we can bring more money into government by rooting out waste, implementing procurement reform, cracking down on tax cheats, and hiring more auditors.

An executive might reach retirement with a taxable pension, taxable 401(k) distributions, and taxable deferred compensation distributions. We find great value in having various pots from which to draw cash flow in retirement. That way, our clients can help determine their tax burden based on which pots (nonqualified or qualified) we have them draw from to meet various expenses in retirement. As with most things, balance is the key.

Noting that both firms sell to the government, Grassley charged them with evading U.S. taxes and making profits off the taxes of middle-class Americans who are paying their taxes honestly. ... in effect, renouncing their U.S. citizenship to cut their taxes.

Whatever the cost it still beggars belief that the government wants to make people pay this plastic poll tax,

There are bad apples, as there are in any tax system. What puts this high on the radar screen is that people who don't pay already have collected the money at the point of sale.

No one making less than $250,000 under Barack Obama's plan will see one single penny of their tax raised, whether it's their capital gains tax, their income tax, investment tax, any tax.

Despite the same, tired old scare tactics of the special interests, under the governor's budget New York will continue to spend more money than any other state on providing quality health care to its citizens. If the special interests want the taxpayers to spend even more than the record amounts they already provide, then the special interests need to say which tax they would raise or what other area of the budget they would cut.

A great deal has been said about my commitment not to raise taxes. It's a core value - it's common sense - it's important to keeping and growing jobs - and it's mainstream!

Today's jury verdict makes it clear that those who engage in 'shell-games' to avoid paying their fair share in taxes will be held accountable.

What is realistic is to tax every business fairly. Only one in eight of Texas' businesses are paying for a franchise tax. The right way is to spread the tax out evenly the wrong way is to protect special interest.

You want to make sure that when you do finally sit down to do your taxes, you aren't missing something crucial.

I don't think that we're going to have any issues with this. The city has no other kind of debt other than this. It's all tied to that 1 cent sales tax.

When you talk about a tax plan that has to make it through Congress, you can't alienate the blue states, because you need a lot of red votes in blue states to get it passed.

Though we had a good sales tax year, it's not enough to offset electric and fuel bills. We don't want to raise property taxes. We're looking at other growth to pay these bills.

Although this procedural change comes after many have already filed their tax returns, about 60 percent of taxpayers still have yet to file. We wanted to do what we could, as soon as it was possible, to make the process easier for those still working on their taxes.

We do not sell products. We stay within our area of expertise, which is tax, and we work with other advisors like lawyers, insurance experts, investment advisors to help clients solve their problems.

It has long been clear to NTEU and many others that most taxpayers want to comply with the tax code, but they need help to do that. Cutting off that help will not increase compliance.

Our taxes are too high. They deter foreign investors and hurt consumer confidence alike.

What I'm proudest of, we've done all this without an income tax.

On one hand, he seems more palatable to Wall Street than Dean, in that his positions on trade and taxes are more moderate.

Discount stores have really become an increasing portion of consumers' expenditures. Now there's talk of fluctuating energy prices, job layoffs, and people are looking for the best value possible, ... So we believe the discount stores are going to benefit disproportionately from the tax rebate. We expect Wal-Mart will be the leader in July.

Tax breaks can serve a vital role in keeping and bringing jobs to our state; however, without accountability, they are little more than loopholes at taxpayers' expense.

From setting up a business, through dealing better with construction licenses, improving property registration, hiring new workers, to paying taxes, contract enforcement and bankruptcy and access to credit - Serbia and Montenegro covered the waterfront.

Let them march all they want, as long as they continue to pay their taxes.

They never lower the tax rate sufficiently to get rid of the windfall profit that falls to the government.

Just admit it, Tim, you raised taxes, ... He broke ties in the Senate, folks. That was his only duty as lieutenant governor. I know Governor Warner would be surprised to hear you took credit for 'budget reform.'

As we face coming challenges like possible base closures and unfunded federal mandates that drain our budget and loss of vital services, we must assure our quality of life in Maine remains high, ... While many in Maine pay a high percentage of their income in taxes, others are not paying their fair share. That has to change.

We just feel the state has to step up and start recognizing they have an obligation to towns like Acton and Sudbury and others to offset the continued reliance on local property taxes.

Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support the free enterprise system and are unsupportive of big government.

If income tax is the price you have to pay to keep the government on its feet, alimony is the price we have to pay for sweeping a woman off hers.

It keeps the city and other jurisdictions from going after a home for nonpayment of taxes. There's no deadline for filing for it. They can file anytime, right up until they wind up in the courthouse.

It just jumps out at you that this notion hasn't worked out in the real world. And if it did work out, maybe we should eliminate all the taxes and balance the budget.

We recommend strongly the council consider these options. All of the taxes are not welcomed by residents and they may not be happy with it, but if you cannot reconstruct the cost structure, you have to look at these options.

You can't take the tax cut back from the American people, so let's get busy and get serious about how we spend people's money and hold the line on spending. I hope Tom Daschle will be as energetic for holding the line against increased spending as he seems willing to take their tax cut away from them,

Look, only in Washington is not raising taxes considered a tax cut. Nobody's getting a tax cut here. We're not cutting taxes. We're preventing tax increases from occurring.

When my delegate Jeff Frederick, talks about holding the line on taxes, what he's really talking about is putting the burden for his failure to do his job on the backs of Prince William County taxpayers.

I think we need to be responsible, to do the right thing. I hope that you understand we have no vested interest in a tax because we have to pay it, too.

They were getting only minimal relief, ... And I was concerned about property tax relief. I took a look at the average home owner in District 4, and the proposed plan only offered 18 a month or less in tax relief. That was not substantial enough.

We don't like taxes. We're looking to give money to people and not take it out of their pockets.

We ought not lose sight of the fundamentals in this debate. The Republican bill repeals the estate or death tax, and the Democrats do not.

It's not so much the amount of tax we pay - it's the sense that our pocket's being picked without our knowing what's going on.

It was very quiet. There was a lot of confusion over exactly what the government is talking about in terms of whether they are going to start cutting taxes.

If we do this job right, and we have the ability to do so, we can allow the people of this country to fulfill one of the great American ideals having a tax code that they realize is civil and decent (and) treats them with respect. They can then comply with that code out of a sense of civic duty and personal responsibility and voluntary compliance.

It's what's causing the funding problem we're having in the budget. We should keep that in mind as we pass these multitudes of tax breaks.

Taxes matter to businesses. How a state taxes business is just as important as how much a state taxes businesses.

California does not have a revenue problem. California has a spending problem. Tax revenues are at all-time highs. All the things you hear about how this will decimate Nevada are untrue.

It's not in the cards, ... to do an agreement that does not contain some sort of competitive balance i. e., luxury tax.

Welcome Terry to the world of home ownership. Welcome to the world of mortgage payments and real estate taxes.