“ Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer. ”
- Donald Rumsfeld- Copy
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“ The freedoms we grant to quasi-public agencies must not be allowed to become a license for excesses, particularly where taxpayer money is concerned. ”
- Jodi Rell- Copy
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“ The poor taxpayer may wipe his shoes on a $3 doormat when he goes home, but not the Navy. It is, damn the cost, full feet ahead on a doormat you would be ashamed to get muddy. ”
- William Proxmire- Copy
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“ As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions. ”
- Stephen Harper- Copy
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“ Taxpayers deserve a government that harnesses technology to better serve the people. ”
- Matt Blunt- Copy
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“ Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father. ”
- H. V. Wade- Copy
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“ The taxpayer; that's someone who works for the federal government, but doesn't have to take a civil service examination. ”
- Ronald Reagan- Copy
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“ There's probably going to be about $100 million spent to buy the property... for all the roads and everything that goes into that. Guess who has to pay for that? It's going to be us, the taxpayers. We're going to pay that money. ”
- Franco Harris- Copy
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“ Keeping a lid on taxes is not just good for the taxpayer. It's a powerful way to force government to be more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter. Let me repeat that: more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter - that's what we need to be about. ”
- Timothy Pawlenty- Copy
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“ Every time you cut programs, you take away a person who has a vested interest in high taxes and you put him on the tax rolls and make him a taxpayer. A farmer on subsidies is part welfare bum, whereas a free-market farmer is a small businessman with a gun. ”
- Grover Norquist- Copy
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“ When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before. ”
- H. L. Mencken- Copy
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“ It is perhaps my greatest hope, Mr. President, that some day we'll consider tax and spending measures with no one else in mind but future generations of American taxpayers. We're tying a millstone of debt around their necks, and it is a grave mistake. ”
- John McCain- Copy
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“ We will lower the tax burden on middle-class Americans by asking the very wealthy to pay their fair share. Middle-class taxpayers will have a choice between a children's tax credit or a significant reduction in the income tax rate. ”
- Bill Clinton- Copy
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