Subject: Government » Taxes (Page 3)

The most undesirable things are the most certain (death and taxes).

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.

(1959 – ) American comedian

Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.

(1858 – 1932) American physicist, physician & humorist

The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.

(1927 – 2000) American businessman & Secretary of Treasury

Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Untold Wealth: That which does not appear on income tax returns.

The more heavily a man is supposed to be taxed, the more power he has to escape being taxed.

Today it takes more brains and effort to make out the income tax form than it does to make the income.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Tariff: A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

The rich aren’t like us… they pay less taxes.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

The wages of sin are unreported.

An income tax form is like a laundry list – either way you lose your shirt.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Taxation: The process by which money is collected from the people to pay the salaries of the men who do the collecting.

A taxpayer is someone who does not have to take a civil service exam in order to work for the government.

America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

No One Likes Paying Taxes – What Makes You So Special?

Where there's a will, there's an inheritance tax.