“Every tax cut I call for is targeted, it's responsible and it is paid for within my balanced budget plan. My tax cuts will not undermine our economy. They will speed economic growth.” GrowthEconomyCuttingPlansEconomicTaxesPaidResponsibleSpeedBudgetsBalancedEconomic GrowthTax CutsBalanced Budget Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995
“Start by scrapping the tax code. Don't fiddle with it. Junk it. Throw it out. Bury it. Replace it with a pro-growth, pro-family tax cut that lowers tax rates to 17% across the board and expands exemptions for individuals and children so that a family of four would pay no taxes on the first $36,000 of income.” FirstsChildrenIndividualGrowthPayFamilyFourCuttingTaxesRateImprovementIncomeCodeBoardsJunkTax CutsFiddleExemption Author:Steve Forbes
“Tax cuts continue to benefit families, seniors, and small business owners, as evidenced by unparalleled economic growth in Nevada and across the country.” CountryGrowthCuttingEconomicTaxesBenefitsOwnersSeniorSmall BusinessEconomic GrowthTax CutsBusiness OwnersSmall Business OwnersNevada Author:Jon Porter
“[T]hese tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans are also the tax cuts that are least likely to promote growth.” GrowthCuttingTaxesTax Cuts Author:Barack Obama
“It was absolutely critical to renew the Bush tax cuts. Letting them expire would result in a massive tax increase that would retard economic growth.” GrowthResultsCuttingEconomicTaxesIncreaseCriticalMassiveEconomic GrowthTax CutsRetardTax Increases Author:Mitt Romney
“Republicans favor tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, but these had no stimulative effect during the George W. Bush administration, and there is no reason to believe that more of them will have any today. As for the idea that cutting regulations will lead to significant job growth, it's just nonsense. It's just made up.” BelieveMadeIdeasReasonTodayJobsGrowthCuttingEffectsRepublicanTaxesFavorsSignificantAdministrationCorporationsNonsenseNo ReasonWealthyRegulationTax CutsJob Growth Author:Bruce Bartlett
“Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion, however, is that the primary driver of the short-term deficit is not tax cuts but the lack of any meaningful economic growth over the last half decade.” ProblemBigsLastsGrowthTermHalfCuttingEconomicTaxesArgumentIncreaseDemocratDecadesMeaningfulConclusionPrimariesJust OneDriversDeficitShort TermEconomic GrowthTax CutsEconomic ProblemsTax Increases Author:Bob Beauprez
“What Democrats haven't focused on are the kind of policies that would promote economic growth - such as making permanent the 2001/2003 tax cuts, opening up federal lands to more energy production, and reforming government to reduce its burden on business.” KindGovernmentEnergyGrowthCuttingEconomicLandHavensPolicyTaxesDemocratProductionsBurdenFocusedOpeningPermanentEconomic GrowthTax CutsOpening UpEnergy Production Author:Bob Beauprez
“Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.” JobsLostGrowthMillionsClearCuttingEconomicPolicyProduceTaxesFellowsDemocraticFaultsPrioritiesEconomic GrowthTax Cuts Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Well, I think the reality is that as you study - when President Kennedy cut marginal tax rates, when Ronald Reagan cut marginal tax rates, when President Bush imposed those tax cuts, they actually generated economic growth. They expanded the economy. They expand tax revenues.” ThinkingWellsRealityGrowthPresidentEconomyStudyCuttingEconomicTaxesRateRevenueEconomic GrowthPresident BushTax CutsPresident Kennedy Author:Mike Pence