George Papandreou Quotes

Nobody is opposed to paying taxes; governments need to coordinate, work together and simplify the law.

If the tax loop holes that allow tax avoidance were shut down, it would go some way to sorting out our finances, would it not?

Our aim is to make tax collecting a declining industry.

Think what a revolution it will be if we manage to get everyone to pay their taxes.

I think that taxes have to exist. They should exist at the lowest possible level, and to the extent that we can, we shouldn't invent more. Maybe that's my experience being mayor of New York City, where we had so many taxes.

We want taxpayers, not tax wasters.

Taxation under every form presents but a choice of evils.

Actually, I'm a strong supporter of comprehensive tax reform.

When you look at the government, when the government collects a buck, it's not free. They have to spend resources, the IRS, audits, all this sort of crap, to collect the dollar. I'm not assuming any Laffer curve effect here at all. There are just transactions costs of collecting that money.

Crucially, African governments must ensure they prioritize the eradication of tax evasion and tax avoidance.

Global governments should start seriously talking about the creation of a World Tax Authority with the mission to ensure that tax systems will deliver for the public interests in all countries.

We have to have an adequate number of taxes and an adequate amount of taxes.

We have international organizations for health, trade, and football - even for coffee - but not tax. Why not?

I just don't want to pay taxes.

My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury.

Tax policy is not about compassion.

It's not hard to cut taxes.

Stupider than France is not where we want to be on tax policy.

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.

We are all used to paying a sales tax when we buy things - almost 9 percent here in New York City. The application of this concept to the financial sector could solve our need for revenue, bring some sanity back into the financial sector, and give us a way to raise the revenue we need to run the government in a fiscally responsible way.

It is my absolute intent to hold the line on taxes.

We say that anytime budgets are balanced and an ample savings account has been set aside, government should just stop collecting taxes. Better to leave that money in the pockets of those who earned it, than to let it burn a hole, as it always does, in the pockets of government.

Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

There is no such thing as a good tax.