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Deduction Quotes

One word, several kinds of careful thinking.

Deduction shows up everywhere from tax law to philosophy, and this set of quotes tracks that range, including a nod to critical thinking at any age.

Tax laws favor capital over labor, giving capital gains a lower rate than ordinary income. The rich get humongous mortgage interest deductions while renters get no deduction at all.

Quotes by Robert Reich

Unlike every other retirement vehicle, such as IRAs and 401(k)s, you receive a tax deduction for making contributions to your HSA but don't have to pay income taxes on withdrawals.

Quotes by Paul Zane Pilzer

My first encounters with faith came about the time I was a Boy Scout, at about 14 or 15. I made the logical deduction that they operate the same way; I treated my faith like earning a merit badge, and...

Quotes by Max Lucado

We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill... it demands a broader vision, capabilities in critical thinking and logical deduction without which we cannot have constructive progress.

Quotes by Li Ka-shing

Age Quotes

I look at the idea of eliminating the state and local tax deduction as a geographic redistribution of wealth, because you're taking money from a place like New York to provide deeper tax cuts elsewhere.

Quotes by Lee Zeldin

The precise point at which a tax deduction becomes a 'loophole' or a tax incentive becomes a 'subsidy for special interests' is one of the great mysteries of politics.

Quotes by John Sununu

Indeed, if a chief question does remain: how is the power to think possible? - The power to think right and left, before and without, with and above experience? then it does not take a deduction to prove the genealogical...

Quotes by Johann Georg Hamann

The National Multifamily Housing Council, a trade association of apartment owners, managers, developers and lenders, has come to the defense of the interest deduction and other provisions favorable to the real estate industry, describing them as 'core principles' and promising...

Quotes by James B. Stewart

There are some tax expenditures that are there for very obvious and very important and very good policy reasons. Whether it's the charitable deduction or the deduction for homes, it's not a loophole.

Quotes by Chuck Schumer

Aim Quotes

A greater tax deduction for students is not a handout. On the contrary, it helps those who are willing to meet the challenges of higher education to invest in our collective future.

Quotes by Charles B. Rangel

No matter how you slice it, limiting the SALT deduction forces New Jersey families to spend even more to subsidize Americans in less economically productive states, which take more than they ever give back to the federal government.

Quotes by Bob Menendez

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.

Albert Einstein

Frequently Asked Questions

What different meanings of deduction appear in these quotes?
The collection spans tax deductions, logical deduction, and philosophical reasoning, showing how one word covers financial policy and pure thought alike.
How does the tax deduction quote view political language?
It points out that the same policy can be labeled a 'loophole' or a legitimate incentive depending on who benefits, calling that inconsistency a mystery of politics.
What does the Boy Scout quote say about faith and deduction?
It compares treating faith like a logical deduction to earning a merit badge, an early attempt to reason through belief the same way one might reason through a puzzle.
Why is deduction linked to critical thinking in modern quotes?
One quote frames logical deduction as essential to navigating a new age of synthesis, where knowledge alone isn't enough without the ability to reason through it.
What's a related collection worth reading next?
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