Robert J. Bentley Quotes

We have two tax systems in America—separate and unequal.

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?

The problem with the economy isn't that people aren't paying their fair share of taxes.

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.

The tax structure of the United States is fast becoming the most regressive of any Western nation.

The voters are angry about taxes, not because they think their taxes are too high, but because the wealthy and corporations do not pay their fair share.

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

Tax should be the same for everybody.

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

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

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.

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 wealthiest can afford to pay more in taxes. That's a part of the deal. That makes sense. I don't know anyone that doesn't agree with that.

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

One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites.

People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes.

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

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

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.

America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.

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

Rich people don't pay taxes? Of course they pay taxes - they pay tons in taxes. They pay for everyone else who doesn't pay taxes.

The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed.

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?