Jeff Fortenberry Quotes

I think that something is fundamentally wrong if a person of his great wealth is only paying 13.9 percent effective tax rate and most of Americans are paying 28, 30 percent and they make far less.

According to the IRS, the wealthiest 400 Americans, who earned an average of roughly $270 million in 2008, paid an average tax rate of just 18.2 percent that year. That's about the same rate paid by a single truck driver in Rhode Island. It's not right, and we need to restore fairness to our tax code.

I think for some, the very wealthiest among us, for corporations, taxes are too low.

The appreciation of capital assets is already taxed at an extremely favorable rate compared to labor. That's why the rich pay such a low effective tax rate no matter what their marginal tax bracket.

Friends, I'm angry about what's happening in politics today! Why is it wrong to ask the wealthiest people and most profitable corporations to pay their fair share?

Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady.

The American people are screaming out saying it's unfair that the wealthiest, the largest corporations who can afford the best attorneys, the best accountants, take advantage of these special tax treatments that the lobbyists have, along with lawmakers, have cooked in the books here.

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.

You know what isn't class warfare? Progressive taxation, as in, say, expecting billionaires to pay at least as much in taxes as their secretaries. Ideally, in fact, they should pay more.

You've seen my statements; I do very well. I don't mind paying some taxes. The middle class is getting clobbered in this country. You know the middle class built this country, not the hedge fund guys, but I know people in hedge funds that pay almost nothing, and it's ridiculous, OK?

Every time a congressman or pundit says its 'class warfare' to increase taxes on the wealthy, it's a massive lie.

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

The result of offshore tax evasion is a disproportionate tax burden on law-abiding citizens and fewer resources available for public spending or tax cuts.

I did a little study of my office, and the average worker pays a higher tax rate than I do. If the government needs money, it should get if from me rather than my secretary of the person who will serve my lunch today.

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

Those who make money off of money get a better deal in the Tax Code than those who make money from hard work.

Income splitting benefits only fifteen per cent, mostly the wealthiest Canadians, but it's paid for by everyone.

It seems like the richer you are, the more chance you have of paying less tax.

Almost no one raises the real issue of tax avoidance, right? And of the rich just not paying their fair share.

By allowing super wealthy corporations and individuals to avoid paying their fair share of tax, tax havens are denying governments' revenue that could and should be spent on schools, healthcare, and other essential services.

American businesses and upper incomes pay a larger portion of the federal taxes of our national taxes than any country in the world.

Wealthy people don't even pay taxes. But everybody must pay taxes.

The United States tax system today is very prejudiced towards financialization, leverage, and lack of investment.

We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.

When President Obama speaks about raising taxes on the rich, he speaks about high-income employees and small business owners, not entrepreneurs who build big businesses.