Quotes about Income

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

Albert Einstein

Two-thirds of our clients are dual-income families . . . it's a matter of time, stress, disposable income.

Mark Richardson

We have a lot of lower income people in the city and unfortunately those are the people who are closest to the edge.

Jerry Ryan

Congratulations to her on saving over 16 percent of gross income.

Greg Zandlo

Payroll tax no longer captures as much income of wage earners as it did 20 years ago.

Mark Weisbrot

I think it's going to be great for the county. It will provide a lot of extra income for the county.

Debbie Canier

Most of the population, they are not realizing real income gains.

Lee Price

The Federal Mafia: How the Government Illegally Imposes and Unlawfully Collects Income Taxes.

Irwin Schiff

Bankruptcies are down, deposit growth and credit card income is strong, and delinquencies are down.

Wayne Bopp

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

E e cummings

If you have money withheld from your paycheck, and you may not be required to file, file anyway so you can get that money back or also you may be entitled to the earned income tax credit.

Mike Dobzinski

Income hasn't been the driver in our deployment. We've built out Delaware City and we haven't built out Greenville.

William Allan

One of the reasons why we chose the VITA sites is because most of the taxpayers were eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit.

Michael Stegman

They'll end up having to pay interest and penalties based on that income which they should have reported.

John Battaglia

That will impact our operating income.

Tom Schoewe

Like what's going to happen to the income tax cut that Mr. Martin brought in.

Linda Sims

I think that (auto) dealers prey on everybody. It's just that low- income folks are armed with less information.

Matt Fellowes

For those who are in that choice, those are probably low income people. About 14 million Americans are going to have a benefit here, that's going to be almost 100 percent, not quite, but almost 100 percent of coverage.

Jim Kolbe

When you're on a fixed retirement income, having to suddenly to pay for insurance takes a chunk.

Bill Wyllia

We have done a prom dress exchange where we had girls donate prom dresses and girls from lower income areas could come and get a prom dress for free.

Jill Donahue

I have no income coming in, my bank account is nearly empty and I can't access the money that I have. My credit cards are maxed out and I need help. I hate to do this, but I don't have a choice.

Jerry Roberts

That's why core income increasing was so meaningful to us.

Dorothy Savarese

First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.

Greek Proverb

This is a generation that has a tremendous amount of disposable income.

Gary Colen

It is costing more and more money to heat my home, more money to fill up up my car. It gives me less disposable income for a trip.

Tim Sieber

It looks like [the shortfall] was purely in the fixed-income area.

Michael Flanagan

The rule is, you can afford a house about 2 1/2 times your income. Well, you'd be hard-pressed to find a $140,000 house around here anymore.

Glen Lewinski

They either failed to report their income or failed to report their entire income.

Mike Vogel

In Syria, the minimum capitalization to start a business is 50 times the (annual) per capita income.

Joe O'keefe

In the 1970's and 1960's we were talking about more one-earner families. Now, we're talking about two-earner families having the same income level that one-earner families used to have.

Deborah Reed

At one time, 60 percent (of the income tax) went into the general fund, and 40 percent for capital improvements. Now, about 95 percent has to go into the general fund and 5 percent for capital improvements.

Jim Henkel

This could change the demographics of the city. I think we'll lose a lot of low-income people.

Arthur Sterbcow

I'm pretty optimistic we'd be able to count on a healthy rental income.

Robert Moeller

I don't see Ford or General Motors offering below-market cars for low-income families.

Joseph Narkiewicz

I don't see any purpose in a gross receipts tax. It's inequitable. The best way to tax a business is through an income tax.

Michael Granof

There are few sorrows in which a good income is of no avail.

Logan Pearsall Smith

It's not like they're not getting any redistribution from the government. We want less income redistribution, not more.

Dan Mitchell

Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.

Herman Wouk

It's a big dilemma, especially for students who are low income.

Thomas Hubbard

I do resent giving the income tax inspector 83 per cent.

Barry Sheene

If you're income is high it could save you 30 or 40 percent if it's low it might save you 15 percent.

Jim Lee

A lot of our disposable income is going to other places, and people aren't coming here [to Allen for shopping].

David Hoover

Strong employment and income gains, coupled with low mortgage rates continue to bolster consumer confidence and demand for homes.

Bob Dugan

To you, it's a human being. To them, it's not. To them, it's income. It's a way of making money.

Iana Matei

While Cornell has always had a commitment to recruit and enroll low-income students from community colleges, this grant will allow us to enhance our efforts.

Doris Davis

We're concerned that our low-income students are giving up before they even consider it. They just assume they can't afford (tuition).

Susan Fischer

A lot of these students come from low income families and they don't feel as if they have the capabilities of doing anything else. We open up a world and say yes you can.

Karen Forte

I doubled my income in a month.

Heather Lewis

The sugaring business is the first agricultural crop of the season, an excuse to get out after being indoors all winter, and a chance to earn some extra income.

Jacques Couture

Ko-Thi has not scored well. As its income has gone down, its UPAF appropriation has gone down.

Christine Harris

The special Katrina legislation allows you to deduct up to 100 percent of your adjusted gross income.

Marcus Owens

It's just like your budget at the house. If you have it and you spend it and you don't have any more income, that's it.

Curt Guenther

What we're experiencing now is the later adopters are either lower-income or certainly more frugal on their discretionary spending. They're buying fewer DVDs per home.

Dan Ernst

For lower-income folks who would have financed [the purchase] anyway, it's saving them money. And for higher-income folks, why not?

Scott Hoyt

This is your life. This is your income. This is your protection against catastrophic and unexpected events and expenses.

Joseph Martingale

It is as if you had a second job and are paying income tax on it.

Bruce Norris

In addition, the income guidelines have been increased by 25 percent which allows more people to apply for assistance.

Rita Smith

You import shoes and make the shoelaces domestically. The shoes don't qualify because they're imported, but the shoelaces do. So you have to allocate costs to [and income from] the shoelaces separate from the shoes.

Mark Luscombe

It affects the income, no doubt. Most people just want to wait for the good days. But figuring which days those are is hard enough.

Ben Alexander

Although there are more students from low-income families with college aspirations and more first-generation college students, we need to do a better job of seeing these students through to graduation.

Gaston Caperton

If they continue this same disciplined approach as their income increases, they will have an excellent chance of achieving all of their goals.

Richard Busillo

They're extremely strong in homes with less than 1,500 a month in income, and that was a genuine SPD stronghold.

Reinhard Schlinkert

We have some good benefits in Las Vegas . We don't have an income tax, and their retirement is 100% paid for by the school district.

Mary Ella Holloway

I can't believe it's low-income. It's gotten a lot better.

Tony Moore

Last year's season cut my income by 25 percent, and if you cut it by half again, I'm not going to be able to pay my bills.

Duncan Maclean

We have the income to spend.

Mel Pins

Like your income tax schedule that you pay based on your ability, this is the amount you pay based on your ability.

Marc Basnight

High disposable income, nowhere to spend it.

Graham Davies

Ten billion dollars less of deficit means $10 billion less of disposable income ... and a loss of at least 100,000 jobs.

William Vickrey

We went from per capita personal income below the national average to being above it.

David Bullard

This is a crisis for me. I am on a fixed income.

Bob Dixon

It will be designed to appeal to every level of income from starter to move-up to second move-up to active adult.

Kent Merselis

Once you get on a fixed income, and you get broadsided by one of these gargantuan bills, there's nothing you can do.

Shelley Taylor

Ten percent can be a whopping amount for somebody with relatively modest income.

Tim Stone

I'm cautiously optimistic. If it passes, great. If not, we'll revisit the income tax again.

Mayor Gene Parkison

If I put $60 a week into gas, that a huge chunk of my disposable income even for a moderate income household.

Wendy Liebmann

Friendship lives on its income, love devours its capital.

Houssaye

We've got strong in-migration, strong job creation, and the jobs are being created in as many high-income areas as in low-income areas.

Jeff Thredgold

Everyone in Gary and Lake County is getting extremely high bills and, in some cases, they exceed people's monthly income.

Dwight Taylor

Painted a picture of income trusts as a problem that must be addressed.

William Holland

You often find husbands in low-income households bringing home fish from the Great Lakes or a tributary.

Dave Ullrich

We achieved our fourth consecutive quarter of net income in excess of $1 billion and the highest net income ever reported by the company in a non-Christmas quarter in our history.

David Glass

On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away.

Tom Lehrer

Our community sends a lot of income tax money to the State of Wisconsin.

Colin Butler

To make any sort of income, you need to be highly organized and really work it.

Cathy Stucker

In a business with zero income until liquidation, what are your resources? What are your abilities to borrow? Without that, you'll never make it.

Bill Kring

So it's a very seasonal activity - and it would be hard for most people to make their income purely on that.

Matt Bitonti

Lower-income housing has been a problem, and it's only getting worse.

David Church

We've been really devastated. We haven't had an income.

Karen O'brien

Certainly I think the lower-income consumer is feeling pinched.

Quincy Krosby

Just like I said, it's going to hurt low-income people. It's going to cost people their homes.

Charlie Powell

What (the city is) trying to do is keep low-income people out of Florissant.

Mike Wilson

The only real economic concern I have is that oil prices will erase improvements in employment and real income for a portion of our customer base...an important portion of our customer base.

Lee Scott

As their per capita income has grown, their per capita consumption of beef has grown.

Jim Mcadams

We continue to see the movement from fixed income to variable income.

Julio Mora

We've found that people in the lower income brackets are seeking help and accessing funds.

Jeff Dockter

The double-income family was the standard. We are really moving back to the past.

Helen Fisher

It's 100 percent occupied. We are helping people who are low-income, who are getting back on their feet.

Greg Gary

For some, (there is an) over-reliance on credit cards with the idea that future income will be available to quickly pay off the debt.

Ruth Lytton

Gasoline prices are one of the most regressive costs on lower-income people.

Michael Shames