Eliot Spitzer Quotes

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

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

Taxes must produce ample revenues without discouraging enterprise; and if it is to be just it must distribute the burden of taxes equitably.

The real problem in Greece is not cutting taxes, it's making sure that we don't have tax evasion.

Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.

When we tax, we are dealing with fire, and without proper controls we can easily burn down everything we have built.

A tax laid on the willing only.

What sensible people want from a tax is to raise as much money as possible with the least disruption to the economy.

Taxes are not trivial - they're a huge portion of this overall economy. And that's why I focused on them.

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

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

My government is continuously improving the GST regime keeping in view the suggestions being received from the business community.

Our aim is to make tax collecting a declining industry.

Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth.

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

Reagan didn't put anything off the table, if he felt it was for the good of the American people to tweak the tax system.

Tax policy is not about compassion.

We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary.

The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.

And it would be fair. Everyone will pay the same tax and it will eliminate tax cheaters and corporate shenanigans.

People really have to believe in their tax system. They have to believe that there is an equitable distribution of the burden, but there is also an important investment based upon the potential achievements that come from us paying our taxes.

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

If you increase the sales tax... everybody would be taxed.

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.

And here's the fact: the fact is it doesn't solve the problem. First of all, if you taxed these people at 100 percent, basically next year you said, 'Look, every penny you make next year the government's going to take it from you,' it still doesn't solve the debt.