Jesse Ventura Quotes

I believe - we all pay taxes. I'm happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That's going to bother you.

We're not the bosses of taxpayers; they're ours.

On the IRS website, they claim to be one of the world's most efficient tax administrators. The IRS officials might know how to collect taxes, but surely know how to misspend the funds.

When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. - they'll find something.

The Internal Revenue Service is more ruthless than the Gestapo. Abolish the IRS! Stamp out organized crime!

No taxation without respiration.

My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep.

We as taxpayers don't have a line item veto.

Does the Internal Revenue Service work for you or do you work for them?

It will be a sad day for the revenues if the good will of the people toward their taxing system is frittered away in efforts to accomplish by taxation moral reforms that cannot be accomplished by direct legislation.

Taxpayers need to know if they are getting value for their tax dollar.

We have a responsibility to be responsible stewards of tax dollars.

I see it as very important that taxpayers have access to all financial transactions.

We owe the government taxes. We owe our creditors interest. What do these powers owe us?

I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.

'Tax Collector' was optioned for a series with F/X, but it never happened. I guess they ran into a problem trying to figure out why someone would tune in to watch a show about a guy who works for the IRS.

The American taxpayers are a powerful force. They don't want their taxes raised.

What I want to do is create more taxpayers, not more taxes.

The taxpayer group in every state is always - always referred to as nuts.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

The American taxpayers are a powerful force. They don't want their taxes raised. Obama and the Democrats have a fight with the American people, not with me.

Twenty-five years ago, I created the Taxpayer Protection Pledge at the federal level. Then I brought it to the state and local level. About 97 percent of the Republicans in the House and 85 percent in the Senate have signed on, and the number of candidates who have taken the pledge is even higher. It's become a party position.

To sell a new tax to the voters you have to be very specific about what it is being used for.

Staff expands to fill the office space available.... The basic obligation of Congress is to the tax payers, not to its own creature comforts.

Whenever taxes become burdensome, a remedy can be applied by the people; but if they do not act for themselves, no one can be very successful in acting for them.