Taxpayers Quotations | Page 2

If taxpayers want better results from Congress, they must stop paying their elected officials for failure. After all, you get what you pay for.

We can do this under the economics of our business that makes sense and get a return on our investment. And we don't need to burden the taxpayers of the city of New York or the state of New York with that request, and we're not going to.

We've been very fiscally responsible in the past. Our taxpayers can look forward to that.

Here's a program that saves taxpayers time and money, but most of all, it saves them the aggravation and anxiety they have when confronted with a hard-to-understand tax form.

The owners of this library are the taxpayers who put up the money to get it built. I am disappointed for the children -- that they don't have their library.

We made sure to check finances to see if there are enough licenses in place to support the position. We feel good about this. The position will be fully funded through the revenues from the program; it shouldn't cost taxpayers anything.

half of all taxpayers would get less than $100 under his plan.

Kentucky taxpayers do not want their dollars funding discrimination.

It absolutely affirms the need for public policies to protect taxpayers from companies who deliberately shift responsibility for the health needs of their workers onto the backs of taxpayers. Every company on this list needs to take a second look at what's going on with health care benefits.

It is a cost that the city of Detroit taxpayers would have to pay.

I think it's ridiculous that we've set up a separate authority and a stream of separate, dedicated funding and given them the bonding authority and these kinds of things - because basically the taxpayers shouldn't be responsible for funding a private-sector entity like that, especially in professional sports, where they make tons of money.

I think taxpayers will say we need to take care of people and we shouldn't walk away from people with insurance policies,

I think the significance of today is an increased commitment to being more accessible to taxpayers and moving from a focus on doing our job internally to helping taxpayers meet their obligations under the tax code,

Jeez, Louise, the subsidy value is roughly three-quarters of the investment. Aside from whether this is right or wrong, when you get right down to it, this kind of behavior can't continue for very long. . . . Taxpayers are going to go broke.

James Leininger is so obsessed with forcing taxpayers to subsidize tuition vouchers at private schools that he has tried for years to buy a Legislature that would do it.

Last year, a little over 51 percent of all individual taxpayers took advantage of e-file. This year, we're expecting it to be close to 55 percent. That's well over 70 million returns.

I said 'no.' I would vote 'no,' ... I am reminded of Rogers firefighters who were stuck in a hotel room a few weeks ago. Our taxpayer dollars are to take care of our taxpayers here in Benton County ... I work for Habitat for Humanity, so I do not have a cold heart. I am just trying to be conscientious.

I represent the American taxpayer also and I just share that with you to say that it's terribly important, terribly important that the good people of Louisiana, have a plan that is transparent, that is detailed, that is separated from the political winds, that will be administered for oversight, anybody looking at it can question, what's happening and that integrity just gushes from that plan, terribly important. It's a lot of money that the taxpayers are bringing forth.

People are entitled to deduct the real cost of operating a vehicle. We've responded to the recent gas-price increases by making this special adjustment so taxpayers get the tax benefit they deserve.

Overcrowded, multilingual, schools will not become manageable because the kids are suddenly the children of guest workers, instead of illegal aliens. Millions of unskilled laborers will not magically become high-earning taxpayers because they have work visas. State budget crises will not be alleviated, housing will not become more affordable, traffic will not become less congested, and middle class jobs will not become more plentiful if we give everyone who is here, or who wants to come here, a piece of paper that says they're legal.

Our goal is to reform NYRA not for its own sake, but to increase the amount taxpayers receive from whatever firm wins the franchise next, ... That's why the reforms we have achieved must be included as standards in the competitive (request for proposals) seeking bids for the franchise.

Pigs are going to start flying. The voice of the taxpayers is finally being heard in Congress.

Reducing the federal government's massive energy waste offers enormous opportunities to save taxpayers billions of dollars for decades to come and improve the environment, ... We're starting to make progress, but there's no excuse for this much waste when leading companies in the U.S. energy-efficiency industry are willing to provide the money for improvements at no up-front cost to taxpayers.

Past initiatives have made it difficult for California taxpayers to settle with the government when only one tax authority offers a settlement plan. This program provides an incentive for many taxpayers who were steered towards flaky shelters to come clean.

People have to realize there is a cost to the low prices at these big box stores like Wal-Mart. These chains get financial incentives to open stores and warehouses here, yet they feed their workers into Medicaid at taxpayers expense.

States with no income tax complained that their taxpayers were at a disadvantage, so now everyone has the choice of deducting sales or income tax,

States like Maryland should be applauded, not sued, for trying to address the tragic fact that in state after state Wal-Mart forces taxpayers to subsidize its health-care costs.

State and local leaders advocate treating businesses equally whether they sell goods in a local store, on the phone, or over the Internet. Federal legislation should not create a protected class of taxpayers at the expense of Main Street and other taxpayers.

My running mates and I may have potentially saved the county taxpayers millions in unnecessary subsidies earmarked for these developers already, because these freeholders now know that voting taxpayers are watching their every move on this stadium.

I wonder if it is in the best interest of the taxpayers to sell the annex,

It doesn't make sense that taxpayers in Indiana, for example, should have to pay more for services so people in Florida or somewhere else can get more jobs,

It does raise some questions as to who benefits from these projects. Is it the taxpayers of St. Pete in general or 'condominium row'?

I think the taxpayers of Missouri would feel better served if the governor spent more time in Jefferson City, ... I think this is more true as the governor in general has become more powerful in the state.

It is downright dishonest to tell taxpayers that there will be deep, painful and meaningful cuts in spending and then deliver a budget that balloons state spending by almost $3 billion.

Most property taxpayers understand intuitively that 'revisiting Proposition 13' is code for doing away with the protections that provide security to homeowners.

The Alternative Minimum Tax represents the single biggest threat to the wallets of tens of millions of middle-class taxpayers in 2006, yet Congress could not even agree to extend temporary safeguards from this stealth tax for another year.

The American taxpayers have spent a lot of money on this report and they deserve the right to see it,

The astronomical scale of the amount of benefit money being lost through fraud and error is vividly brought home to taxpayers by the astonishing fact that the figures are rounded to the nearest half-a-billion pounds.

Who knows what will happen if we go back to referendum in two years. The taxpayers could say they want to just approve one (portion of the package).

You can blame the taxpayers of the city of Niagara Falls. Don't blame us.

Without compliance reform, more companies will default on their plans or simply stop offering plans to their employees, and taxpayers will be at a greater risk of being stuck with a multibillion-dollar bailout of the PBGC.

We're continuing with the conversion process and, beginning the end of this month, recipients will begin using new cards and taxpayers will save.

We estimate that, at the $1,000-or-less threshold amount, approximately 950,000 taxpayers will be eligible.

We do this to educate taxpayers as to how high the total tax burden in America really is -- a lot of the tax burden is hidden from view.

We've modeled this on the well-understood Form W-2. We believe this will be easier for taxpayers to follow.

We have to pay extra attention at this point, as we move forward, too make sure that we are providing good value to the taxpayers who actually fund all of these vehicles and pay for all the gas that we use,

We know that we have a big responsibility to the parents, to the students, and to the public taxpayers to make sure that our students are having the opportunity to graduate in a timely fashion.

Today the message to the taxpayers is this: Substantial tax relief is on the way. The government will ease its grip on your wallet.

tremendous disappointment of millions of taxpayers and teachers and parents over this Legislature's failure to act on property tax relief and education reform.

Treasury set out principles this summer to ensure that the risk to taxpayers was reduced in any extension of the Act,

We need financial regulation that allows businesses and the banks they use to have access to the tools that help keep prices of consumer goods - like groceries and home heating oil - steady, while ensuring that the taxpayers are never again on the hook for the types of wild bets that helped crash the economy in 2008.

Unlike despotisms, modern democracies are not supposed promiscuously to accumulate property and then charge their taxpayers to maintain it. But that is what they do. Governments are always trying to extend their responsibilities and their estates, and it is very hard for parliaments to reign them in.

We haven't made any decisions for tolling or not tolling or doing public-private partnerships. But we have an obligation to taxpayers to study any means we have for addressing the transportation needs we have in Utah.

The problem will become much worse. To call upon taxpayers - most of whom don't have defined-benefit pensions - to pay for the benefits of those who do would be fundamentally unfair.

Today we filed a lawsuit that seeks to recover from the tobacco companies the billions of dollars that American taxpayers spend each year on smoke related illnesses,

We are seeing huge sales increases, which ultimately is good news for Wisconsin taxpayers because that means more money is available for property tax relief.

To be sure, the Fair Tax is a big idea. However, I believe America was built on big ideas, and I was elected to Congress to fight for those big ideas, not nibble around the edges of a broken and destructive system. The FairTax would be a real stimulus for economic growth, and it wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime.

When Dan Cooper puts together a budget that shatters state spending records, I can understand why he's sensitive about someone looking over his shoulder. But Gov. Sanford's job is to look out for the hard-working taxpayers of this state, and that's always going to be his top priority.

We have lost more than 2,000 brave Americans, thousands more have been wounded, and the fiscal cost to the taxpayers has soared into the billions.

The only reason we got onto this case was because of a lucky tip. We could have launched this case a year earlier. It sure would make our jobs easier and save the taxpayers a lot of money if we had access to their information.

We do better by staying the course, keeping on track and not losing time. We save taxpayers money and we get more done by doing it that way.

We don?t have to sit back as voters and taxpayers and hope that the government will get to it eventually, because they have a lot of other things to deal with.

The debate here is not between reducing the debt and cutting taxes, ... The debate is between taxpayers spending money and Washington spending money.

The fact that taxpayers didn't organize the event doesn't automatically make it a campaign event.

The exemption amounts change every year, and standard deduction amounts change every year. These are the two biggest changes that most taxpayers have to contend with.

The facts are clear. More funding goes to health care than any other part of the state's budget, and it is sad that the special interests would either ask taxpayers to pay higher taxes or that they would ask our education system or transportation system to receive less.

It is very difficult to spend "federal (the taxpayers') dollars" so that the intended result is achieved.

To stabilize the nations public-employee pension systems and to prevent federal taxpayers from being billed for failed pension funds, I have introduced the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act in Congress.

If the American taxpayer knew how much they paid per person to put Neil Armstrong on the moon they would never have paid it. It was hidden from them deliberately because the costs were astronomical.

We use a minimal amount of taxpayers money on our battle with drugs, ... It gives me great pleasure to buy drugs in our drug efforts with money seized from other drug dealers.

We owe it to Hoosier taxpayers to look for every opportunity to save money, ... State government does not need one vehicle for every three employees, or 20 aircraft. These vehicle auctions alone have returned more than $1.5 million to state government, but the greater savings are in operations and maintenance no longer necessary.

We can't make up the difference in the export market, and the taxpayers are on the hook.

We don't believe that it's in the best interest of taxpayers and the environment.

This report is particularly timely now in light of the recent news of Asarco, once the nation's largest mining company, going bankrupt, leaving U.S. taxpayers with more than $1 billion in unfunded environmental liabilities,

We safely delivered a very thorough cleanup significantly under budget and ahead of schedule, saving the U.S. taxpayers millions of dollars.

We need to do a top/bottom review of the federal government and for every agency administration bureaucracy that is not called for in the United States Constitution, we have to really ask the question what is its purpose, how many people work there, how much does it cost the taxpayers and what is the value to our society.

We think the people who have paid the bill, the taxpayers of this country, ought to be reimbursed for that.

Why should we pay if we're not culpable of anything? They're trying to hold the taxpayers responsible, and based on the media reports I've seen, there has been no link.

Why should the American taxpayer not be paid back if the taxpayer in France, if the taxpayer in Germany, if the taxpayer in Russia -- countries that were not willing to support us when we were doing what was right in the world -- why should those taxpayers be paid back and not the taxpayers of America?

Why should a company like Wal-Mart - who made $10 billion last year alone - be able to force taxpayers to foot the bill for their health-care costs?

Why should a company like Wal-Mart -- who made $10 billion last year alone -- be able to force taxpayers to foot the bill for their health-care costs?

Why is the public becoming an investor in luxury condos and a luxury hotel? That defies logic. We don't need more hotels and more office space in a market that's over-saturated with hotel rooms and office space. For taxpayers to be subsidizing this is foolhardy.

Why are taxpayers in California and Texas and Massachusetts paying for a museum in Indianapolis?

This year we have not done a thorough enough job going through the budget to look for reductions. A 7 percent increase is too much for the increasingly stressed taxpayers in this town to handle. With less money, I believe that we would still be able to sustain the high quality schools that we have.

This year we are putting in nearly another $1 billion, but New York City taxpayers just can't afford to pay the billions of dollars in the state's share of school construction costs anymore. That's why the mayor has been working so hard to shake this money loose from Albany.

We at Sars should try to be creative, and to demonstrate goodwill. But out there, you will always have those who are being deliberately evasive. And honest taxpayers will want us to create a level playing field.

We as taxpayers are into the bottom line. We want to know if it's going to cost us out of our own pockets. We have to be concerned with the assessment rates. The rate is where the money comes from.

With all the special interests in Washington clamoring for handouts from a spendthrift Congress, the fight against big government is an uphill battle. Thanks to people like Sen. Chambliss, taxpayers have a fighting chance and will continue to score victories,

There are several hundred municipal mandates in Connecticut. Many of these are partially funded or unfunded and are problematic and unfair because they create financial burdens that cost taxpayers money. Cities and towns have only two ways to pay for these mandates: increase taxes and fees or cut programs and services.

This should be a matter of public concern. After all, one reason taxpayers must pay more every April is that wealth made over to foundations not only avoids inheritance levies but becomes tax-exempt in its new incarnation.

When you look at this contract, the end result really benefited students. I do believe it's a win-win contract -- for the kids, basically. I think they're going to gain the most. The board worked very hard to make sure they took the taxpayers into account. That's one of the reasons this process went on as long as it did.

While it all sounds good, what are the real specifics and where is the money coming from? And the fundamental question is why does someone with such extraordinary wealth look for the taxpayers of the state to subsidize his ventures?

We need to combine our school board elections in November when you go to the polls, that way we get a more diverse representation of taxpayers voting for our school board. We need a school board in there who wants what the taxpayers want.

Two, I had to look at the bigger picture. I got him convicted. He is a convicted felon. He is out of office. The Whitley County Jail will reopen. It will save taxpayers thousands of dollars. It is a decision I had to make.

Financial aid is a privilege and you have to earn it. Using drugs while in college shows you are not the kind of person taxpayers should trust making an investment in.

Finally, we are ensuring that we adequately maintain what the taxpayers have had to pay for.

The governor remains committed to providing immediate relief for taxpayers at the check-out counter - not something that offers relief just once a year if they fill out a tax return.

We seek to recover damages, damages that the city and its taxpayers have suffered from the gun industry's sale of guns that are not safe.

We need to give the taxpayers a seat at the table in this state.

While this is unfortunate and something we did not want to do, in order to stabilize the sewer utility this increase is necessary. This administration needs to stabilize the sewer utility rate so if we are pressed with an emergency we do not have to go back to the taxpayers for a further increase.