John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes About Taxes
-
We now in the United States have more security guards for the rich than we have police services for the poor districts. If you're looking for personal security, far better to move to the suburbs than to pay taxes in New York.
→ -
I am not quite sure what the advantage is in having a few more dollars to spend if the air is too dirty to breathe, the water too polluted to drink, the commuters are losing out in the struggle to get in and out of the city, the streets are filthy, and the schools so bad that the young perhaps wisely stay away, and the hoodlums roll citizens for some of the dollars they saved in the tax cut.
→ -
The American colonies, all know, were greatly opposed to taxation without representation. They were also, a less celebrated quality, equally opposed to taxation with representation.
→ -
The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and failed savings and loans associations... But when taxes must be paid for the lower middle class and poor, the government assumes an aspect of wickedness.
→
Related Authors
-
Charles P. Kindleberger Author -
Alfred Marshall Economist -
Paul Samuelson Economist -
Adam Smith Philosopher -
Ronald Coase Economist -
Thorstein Veblen Economist -
Eleanor Roosevelt Former First Lady of the United States -
Karl Marx Philosopher -
Friedrich August von Hayek Economist -
Joseph Stiglitz Economist -
John F. Kennedy 35th U.S. President -
Michal Kalecki Economist -
John Maynard Keynes Economist -
David Ricardo Economist -
Robert Heilbroner Economist -
Yanis Varoufakis Finance Minister of Greece -
Milton Friedman Economist -
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Historian -
Joseph A. Schumpeter Economist -
James K. Galbraith Economist