Angela Merkel Quotes

the most just and equitable tax that can be devised.

By an equal obligation … every citizen with the same means would pay the same contributions [taxes]; the common man would not be more heavily imposed upon.

By getting rid of loopholes, you are making the system more fair so people who make the same kind of money pay the same taxes.

I think it's a little unfair for people to say you're not paying your fair share of taxes. I'm paying what I'm supposed to pay. Change the law, and I'll pay what I'm supposed to pay.

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

And it would be fair. Everyone will pay the same tax and it will eliminate tax cheaters and corporate shenanigans.

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.

Tax should be the same for everybody.

I'm not feeling undertaxed. Tax reform is an important issue. You have to have an inherent sense of fairness.

[Describing out tax system:] ... a disgrace to the human race.

The income tax is the fairest, the most equitable system of taxation that has yet been devised.

Taxes must produce ample revenues without discouraging enterprise; and if it is to be just it must distribute the burden of taxes equitably.

Tax fairness is very difficult to achieve. Each individual says, ‘Tax codes which make others pay more is fair to me. If I have to pay more, the code is unfair’.

To me, a tax heaven is where everyone pays their fair share. In that respect, I am not quite sure we are in tax heaven yet.

The rationale for eliminating the alternative minimum tax is that such a backup system should not be necessary if the tax code is fundamentally fair and eliminates all the loopholes that made it possible for high-income taxpayers to escape taxation in the first place.

Fairness dictates that the highest income people should pay the greatest share of taxes, and they do.

We never tell countries that they should have a particular number in terms of a tax number, you know, if countries can make do with whatever average tax they have. The question is, do they apply it to everybody? Or do they give sweetheart deals to some companies?

I think the notion of tax fairness is the reasonable thing to do.

Why I've advocated a proportional tax system. You make $10 billion, you pay a billion. You make $10, you pay one. And everybody gets treated the same way. And you get rid of the deductions, you get rid of all the loopholes.

Corporate tax dodging impacts us across generations and over time. It is corrosive. It is unethical. It is unsustainable.

People really have to believe in their tax system. They have to believe that there is an equitable distribution of the burden, but there is also an important investment based upon the potential achievements that come from us paying our taxes.

I think that taxes would be fair if we first get rid of the tax code. This is the ultimate solution, not to just say we're going to trim around the edges, not to say that we will try to simplify a little of this and a little of that. The problem is, replace the tax code, so we can establish tax fairness for everybody.

It's really a question of fairness and what kind of country we're going to live in. There are 22,000 people making over $1 million. They're paying an effective tax rate in the teens. As Warren Buffett said, he pays less in taxes effectively than his secretary does. That's not right.

I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.

I've advocated a proportional tax system. You make $10 billion, you pay a billion. You make $10, you pay one. And everybody gets treated the same way.