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 STEINPut 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 STEINI don’t believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.
BEN STEINIt’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
BEN STEINThe education system should teach us about money; it’s an incredibly big subject. I run into people all the time that don’t have the first clue of what they should do about money.
BEN STEINI am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.
BEN STEINI love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.
BEN STEINIf there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don’t know what they are. In their eyes is peace.
BEN STEINFaith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
BEN STEINThe real stars are wearing body armor in 130-degree heat . . . They’re getting shot at and they don’t have any stunt doubles standing in for them.
BEN STEINThe human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
BEN STEINIf we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong.
BEN STEINYou cannot win if you’re not at the table. You have to be where the action is.
BEN STEINYou can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot
BEN STEINAmericans are terrified because so many of them have been laid off in recent years and months and they fear that they may be next. Even if they have not been laid off or have not known anyone laid off, they definitely know someone who has lost his home.
BEN STEINI am scared of running out of money.
BEN STEINIf you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been fraud, and where you find it, report it to the SEC or write about it or blog about it.
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