Tax Discussions Gifts

"But if we didn't measure things we wouldn't know how good we were at measuring the things that we're measuring!"

'Taxes are going up, but that's no excuse to earn less, Mr. Syms.'

Tariff Wars

"Your taxes,pension and health deductions have exceeded your wages - here's your bill."

"I rob from the poor and give to the rich."

IRS, 'It might make you feel better if you just think of it as a negative entitlement.'

'Not only can I not find the middle class tax cut, I can't find the middle class.'

'We do spend a lot and tax a lot, but it's the price you pay for living in a money-based economy.'

Where tax money goes...

"Will you two stop giggling every time I say 'assets'?"

'It's true that money can't buy everything, Caldwell, but it's not healthy to dwell on it.'

'There's not much of an incentive after taxes.'

'They'll tax it less than my 4X4.'

"We were poor and had the good sense to be miserable."

"Sure they love us, but once we turn 18 and are no longer a tax deduction, they'll tell us to move out!"

'You can't sit like that all the way through the Budget.'

'This is the part of my paycheck that goes to taxes.'

You want my support for your reform bill, eh? — what's it worth to you?

'Don't worry. he always does that right before he raises taxes.'

'Are you sure it's necessary to sign this part declaring 'all information is true and correct to the best of my knowledge'?.'

Tax haven.

'Under our tax reform plan, tax loopholes of the rich would apply to the poor as well!'

'Sorry to interrupt - your monastery is on fire...the IRS wants to talk to you - and something about a missing case of wine.'

"Do you mind if we do this without the violins?"

'Hey! Roll a mile in my shoes!'

'He abolished the death penalty - He decided that punitive tax rates were more efficient.'

I pay 125 clams a year on road taxes.

'He's got some very odd ideas when it comes to making pay freezes palatable'.

"Can we actually tax stockholders?"

'So, Mitt Romney gets to pay a lower tax rate because his income isn't earned?'

'I favour higher taxes for everyone - except for people in my tax bracket.'

'We can't increase taxes on the rich - the rich are the ones who made America what it is today - and you only hope...someday...'