In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.    From LearnThat.org.  [Benjamin Franklin]

A one percent increase in taxes is some marginal restriction in freedom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discourse.net: Textbook Takedown] Reference

Politicians, especially conservative ones, hate the term taxes so they create fictions like.    From Wordnik.com.  [marconews.com Stories] Reference

Every dollar that government takes in taxes is a dollar less in the hands of ordinary people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fulfilling Our Dreams: Ontario's Path to Growth and Prosperity] Reference

The term taxes, is generical, and was made use of to vest in Congress plenary authority in all cases of taxation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkinization] Reference

However, this apparent reduction in taxes is not entirely beneficial, as the tax brackets themselves will be compressed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can you say "RFC"?] Reference

Republicans cut trillions in taxes from the wealthiest among us, then claim we cannot afford to care for the least among us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » ThinkFast: March 23, 2010] Reference

We have known that a large percentage of the money we pay in taxes is used to buy off people or blackmail them into submission.    From Wordnik.com.  [Again: they’re *angry*, not afraid. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference

Nor is his notion of extracting the "maximum sustainable revenue" in taxes from the financial-services sector, as he put it Wednesday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ending Welfare as Britain Knows It] Reference

All the benefits going to illegal aliens who do not pay a cent in taxes is a contributing factor to driving the state into the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [Border Czar tours his domain] Reference

The present value of the taxes is the same, whether they are collected on the front or the back end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Retirement Policy] Reference

In a country where cheating on your taxes is a birthright this is the only way for the Feds to collect taxes.    From Wordnik.com.  [MORE GRINGO TAX] Reference

UPDATE: Anonyman points out that another Dem stalwart believes that "Spending your taxes is my name; paying taxes myself is just so LAME!!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Our new....Commerce Secretary!] Reference

Otherwise, those monies we call taxes only pay for another.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Reform" in New York State] Reference

Soo keeping people employed and paying taxes is a bad thing?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » CBO estimates that stimulus package has employed up to 2.1 million workers.] Reference

To take a dollar in taxes and turn it into twenty-eight cents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Deficit Peacock Evan Bayh Hits ‘Far Left-Wing Blogs’ For Criticizing Obama’s Spending Freeze As Too ‘Austere’] Reference

But high taxes is the price paid for out of control government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Deficit Peacock Newt Gingrich Doesn’t Recognize His Own Feathers] Reference

There is growing talk of an increase in taxes for all Americans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 14, 2010] Reference

If you want revenue for long term, don't look at short-term taxes, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front] Reference

I pay a lot in taxes and would be willing to pay more for a better society.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Fox News Makes A ‘Big F—ing Deal’ Out Of Biden’s Private Remark At Bill Signing Ceremony] Reference

However, are we all willing to fork over more money in taxes to pay for that?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Gov. Perry Bemoans ‘Federal Takeover’ Of Education, But His State’s Takeover Of Textbooks Is Totally Fine] Reference

Just like the NATION authorizing the government to levy taxes is no different.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Fox News Makes A ‘Big F—ing Deal’ Out Of Biden’s Private Remark At Bill Signing Ceremony] Reference

Would you support an increase in taxes to assure the defeat of healthcare reform?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Is Taxpayer Money Being Funneled Through The Chamber Of Commerce To Kill Health Reform?] Reference

That a lot of them didnt make enough to pay those taxes is irrelvant to this point.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Obama on Tea Partiers: “You would think they would be saying, ‘Thank you’” for my tax cuts.] Reference

Look at it this way: Every dollar that you pay in taxes, your employer has to match.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » DC Media Scoff At President Obama’s Substantive And Detailed Answer To Health Care Question] Reference

Enron paid extremely little in taxes and Dubya tried to return the little they did pay!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Steele: ‘Trust Me, After Taxes, A Million Dollars Is Not A Lot Of Money’] Reference

The alternative to lower taxes is the privatization of public services will cost 800% more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Gingrich: Tea Parties are ‘likely to end up as the militant wing of the Republican Party.’] Reference

Or am I misunderstanding your position and you think the top earners pay too much in taxes?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Democrats Need To Pass A Comprehensive Health Care Bill] Reference

Last week, Forbes magazine published what the top U.S. corporations paid in taxes last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » ExxonMobil paid no federal income tax in 2009. (Updated)] Reference

The only way to be sure there will be no payroll taxes is to repeal the income tax amendment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Wherein, To My Great Surprise, I actually Agree with James Hansen] Reference

Bt we believe in taxes and we believe in regulation and we believe in helping the unfortunate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » ThinkFast: January 22, 2010] Reference

And honestly, the less they pay in taxes, the more someone else has to pay to make up for it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » European-American Fox News host complains that we’re turning into Europeans, who are a ‘pack of Pagan losers.’] Reference

If you cease this anti-social behavior, you will be rewarded by paying less in taxes, comprende?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » College debate organizers unable to find any law professors to argue health reform is unconstitutional.] Reference

Many of the countries that have this type of system pay much more in taxes towards the government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Purported doctor on Texas A&M message board claims he ‘laid off my first Obama voting employee.’ (Updated)] Reference