Taxpayer Empowerment Quotes

Let's start with protecting taxpayers and making sure we have more fairness in the system.

We're not the bosses of taxpayers; they're ours.

What about feeling sorry for those who pay the taxes? Those who are people that no one feels sorry for. They are asked to give and give until they have no more to give. And when they say 'enough,' they are called selfish.

We're not looking for love as tax collectors. We recognize that taxpayers may not be altogether pleased with the bottom line of what we do. But, if they can say to themselves, "I was treated courteously, I was treated promptly and I was treated professionally," then that is part of a customer service that we think is ... appropriate.

I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.

Excessive taxation . . . will carry reason & reflection to every man's door, and particularly in the hour of election.

I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.

You might not think of something like TurboTax as a civic venture, but that product took a confusing interface to a government process and made it simpler and easier to use for citizens.

When we're done simplifying the tax code, getting the lobbyist carve outs our of the tax code, lowering our rates and letting people have a simple system, most Americans will be able to fill out their taxes on a postcard.