Justice is fostered through a progressivity in taxation, because a progressive tax places a heavier burden on those for whom it will mean the least sacrifice.

         Norman J. Faramelli

 

We’ve gone from a war on poverty to a war on the poor.       

         Episcopal Bishop John Chane (on federal policies favoring the wealthy and corporations)

 

Opportunity for all means making taxes fair.  I'm not out to soak the rich.  But I do believe the rich should pay their fair share.  

         Bill Clinton

 

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. 

         Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

[It] is the responsibility of all citizens, acting through their government, to assist and empower the poor, the disadvantaged, the handicapped, and the unemployed...  Government may levy the taxes necessary to meet these responsibilities, and citizens have a moral obligation to pay those taxes.

         Economic Justice for All, 

         Catholic social teaching on Taxation #123

 

As regards taxation, assessment according to ability to pay is fundamental to a just and equitable system.

         Catholic social teaching on Taxation #132

 

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip indirect taxes into the price of goods that they cannot do without. 

         Albert Camus