Bernie Sanders Quotes

You and I have to pay more to cover their tax avoidance.

There are corporations in this nation, some of the biggest corporations in this nation, who do not pay taxes.

We are one of only two FTSE 100 companies which do not use offshore or other tax avoidance arrangements. In fact, we are probably one of the highest taxpaying companies in the index.

It's not Apple's fault that they're seeking to avoid paying taxes. They're not lying, cheating or stealing. They're following the rules that were created by governments. If the government doesn't like the rules, they can change them.

Yes, the rich will find ways to avoid paying more taxes, courtesy of clever accountants and tax attorneys. But this has always been the case, regardless of where the tax rate is set.

That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody.

The really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway.

I'll tell you who doesn't have any personal responsibility. Companies like General Electric and others who pay absolutely no income tax.

I do not think we should tax people to a point where they are looking for tax loopholes and getting their money out of the country.

Technology giants have taken advantage of tax codes written for an industrial age.

What is not fair now is that corporations pay less and less tax, which means that you and I pay more because we're rooted somewhere, they've got our address, right?

Everyone wants the rich to pay more in taxes.

Whoever is for higher taxes, feel free to pay higher taxes.

Most large companies structure their affairs so that they minimize their tax payments. As long as you do it within the law, it's OK.

Before Congress cuts funding for Head Start, Social Security, and financial aid for college, we have got to make sure that large, profitable corporations are paying their fair share of taxes.

Corporations do not pay taxes, they collect them, passing the burden to consumers as a cost of production. And corporate taxation is a feast of rent-seeking - a cornucopia of credits, exemptions and other subsidies conferred by the political class on favored, and grateful, corporations.

The rich aren't like us—they pay less taxes.

You can close [tax] loopholes, but people will always find new ones.

We can’t write a tax law that their lawyers can’t get around.

The avoidance of tax may be lawful, but it is not yet a virtue.

Arthur Laffer has taught us, 'If you tax something, you get less of it.' That's why firms are moving offshore in droves. It's not about being unpatriotic. It's that it doesn't pay, after-tax, to invest in the United States.

I have long argued that in the modern world, corporation tax has had its day as a major source of tax revenue.

A growth strategy requires tax rates that people are prepared to pay and cannot avoid or do not wish to avoid by going offshore or leaving the country.

Tax has generated a significant amount of discussion, and companies are forced to do what they can to maintain that global competitiveness and perform.

A study by Treasury economists estimated that a country with a tax rate one percentage point lower than another country's attracts 3 percent more capital. It's not surprising then, that average OECD corporate tax rates have trended steadily downward.