Put simply, the rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they don’t pay a lot of taxes as a percentage of what they can afford to pay, or as a percentage of what the government needs to close the deficit gap.
BEN STEINSo, who in the media is without sin among us? I am in the media and I am a major league sinner. I don’t know anyone except my wife who isn’t a big time sinner.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured… But not everyone must prove they are a citizen.
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You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot
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It’s a lot better to hope than not to.
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It’s really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn’t even more fraud. After all, with no God, there’s no one to ever call you to account, and no accounting at all if you can get away with it.
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The banks are not lending, at least from what I see. They were so wild and reckless back in the good times that they got burned terribly.
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There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere… There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid toward your goals.
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No one will do it for you.
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Humans are alive, therefore life must be complex.
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It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.
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Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we’re their most reliable ally, too.
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I am scared of running out of money.
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I do all of the grocery shopping in my little family. I buy cheese, of many different kinds, sliced packaged meats and poultry, bagels, immense quantities of eggs, pre-made fried chicken. Milk. Bacon. It is insane how much dairy, deli and bakery stuff I buy.
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When are American Jews going to realize that the Republican Party is far better for Israel than the Democrats?
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When we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. Myers, talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what to do they were telling them to go to the showers to get gassed.
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I don’t consider an actor a star if he’s paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they’re not role models.
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Academic freedom is being lost by a great many people who dare to challenge Darwinism. That’s a terrifying situation. That’s contrary to the principles of science.
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Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
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I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago.
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The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.
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It’s a great stretch for me to do my game show. It’s very hard. It’s not me at all. The only part that’s me is sort of when I’m sitting in the booth looking tormented. That’s the only part that’s the real me.
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I feel as if I’m in on a pass and am damn lucky to have whatever I have. It could all be taken away in a second.
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As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.
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Science should always be in the business of attempting to disprove itself.
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I agree that there are some bad apples on Wall Street. I spent about ten years exposing corporate and financial fraud for ‘Barron’s’ magazine and I found a lot to write about.
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I am so in love with just lying in bed listening to Mozart.
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I spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.
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