Charles J. Givens Quotes

“Death Taxes” are not levied on the dead, who have passed beyond reach of the IRS, but on the heirs who did nothing to earn the money …

I hope that the Senate acts quickly to pass this legislation so that Americans will no longer worry about having to sell the family farm or business to pay taxes after the death of a loved one.

Just dying should not be a reason for taxes.

Dying should not be a taxable event.

The only people helped by the death tax are lawyers, accountants, and IRS agents.

The estate tax punishes years of hard work and robs families of part of their heritage by imposing a huge penalty on inheritance after death - a tax on money that has already been taxed.

When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. - they'll find something.

Currently, not only are Americans taxed on what they earn, but those assets are taxed again when they are passed on to a loved one.

It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children.

Death just shouldn't be a taxable event.

The American people are not just being taxed to death; they're being taxed after death. But, no one should have to sell the life's work of a parent or a loved one just to pay the federal government.

The death tax is one of the leading causes of the dissolution of small businesses.

The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.

It's just wrong to work your whole life to build up a nest egg, build your own business - you pass away, and Uncle Sam can swoop in and take away nearly half of everything you've earned. Can you imagine that? Having to sell off most of your land just to keep it from the government, just to save the house.

The entire American concept of the 'family business' is put at risk by the death tax.

Death should not be a taxable event.

It's that time of year again, April 15, taxes. I know it's depressing, but just remember, you're paying for roads, bridges, hospitals, and an army to keep the nation free. Unfortunately that nation is Afghanistan.

Rappers shouldn't have to file taxes because they itemize everything they own in songs.

Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is-I'm not sure 80 percent of the people get the death tax. I know this: 100 percent will get it if I'm the president.

They have passed the big inheritance tax, and that gets you when you are gone. You used to could die and be able to beat taxes, but not now. The undertaker don't go over your body as carefully as the assessor does your accumilated assets, and he gets his before the undertaker. They have it on these big fortunes now where they pay as high as 60 to 70 percent of what they leave. That's mighty expensive dying when it runs into money like that, and you won't see 'em dropping off as casually as they have been.

Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn't be related.

I pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes.

The more you earn, the less you keep, And now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to take, If the tax-collector hasn't got it before I wake.

Death is the most convenient time to tax rich people.

Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes.