Guy Standing Quotes

America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up.

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.

The plutocracy has invented countless makeshift programs, such as generating enormous public debt that plutocrats know they will never be able to repay, levies on capital, taxes which exhaust the incomes of those who do not speculate, sumtuary laws which have historically proven useless, and other similar measures. The principal goal of each of these measures is to deceive the multitudes.

If the Tea Party gets its way, there will be less government - which is great for the elites. They don't need the government.

Corporations and financiers have used their growing influence to induce governments and international organizations to construct a global framework of institutions and regulations that enable elites to maximize their rental income.

Closing tax loopholes has to be part of the revenue equation.

That darn luxury tax is pretty painful.

There are real impacts from lowering tax rates, encouraging savings.

I have never voted for a tax increase.

It's widely accepted that it is reasonable for a government to use tax policy to change behaviour.

Tax reform done right will improve incentives to invest in U.S. production and to repatriate profits.

Taxing companies, particularly successful multinational companies, is one of the most progressive forms of taxation.

Historically, figuring out what to do to the tax code has been almost as contentious a political issue as judicial appointments.

There are going to be no income taxes and no wealth taxes.

I support a progressive state income tax.

You can raise taxes on the rich in America! We should raise taxes on the rich in America. But we can't do that in Rhode Island.

People are taxed enough.

Fundamentally, I've always been a fan of actually looking at our whole state tax system and really figuring out how we reform our tax system so that everyone's paying their fair share but we don't have a lot of nickel and diming with 100 taxes that end up hitting people that maybe can't bear it the most.

I know a bit about taxation and the remarkable effort that goes in to avoiding it.

Taxes are just too high - that's obviously a priority.

I don't give my money to the government.

Make no mistake: Republican tax cuts for the rich will bankrupt our country - and it's the grandkids of the middle class who will have to pay it back. This is wrong.

I am in agreement with income-tax protesters that the tax, as commonly applied, is unconstitutional, unfair, and immoral.

A lot of people in the western world don't realize how much taxes limit their options. You can end up paying almost half your income in taxes, which basically means you're working for the government for 180 days a year. I think I can find better ways to use the money I make for the benefit of society.

Putting, say, an 85 per cent income tax rate is unlikely to bring in much revenue.