That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth as light from darkness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The truth is, no one pays more tax than they have to.
The problem is government spends too much. So raising taxes is what politicians do, instead of reducing spending.
Taxes are way too complicated, and people spend way too much time worrying about ways to get them lower.
Taxes should be simple and fair... I'm not for increasing income taxes - if we even have an income tax.
The American taxpayers are a powerful force. They don't want their taxes raised.
The only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax.
Nobody is opposed to paying taxes; governments need to coordinate, work together and simplify the law.
Everyone wants the rich to pay more in taxes.
One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites.
It was an absurd theory that by cutting taxes you would increase government revenues, because the growth of the economy would create an overflow of taxes that would fall into the government coffers.