“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
“To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health care funds, decreasing opportunity, simply so we can pay for tax cuts and a war in Iraq is beyond belief, and we need to reverse it” NeedsChildrenWarCareOpportunityBeliefPayCuttingTaxesOur ChildrenIraqHealth CareBudgetsFundReverseTax Cuts Author:Tom Allen
“The politicians say 'we' can't afford a tax cut. Maybe we can't afford the politicians.” FunnyPoliticsBusinessEconomyCuttingPoliticianTaxesCapitalismTaxationTax CutsTax DayTaxes Funny 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
“The most laughable White House criticism is that tax cuts are a 'free lunch.' The American people's work created that money. Only in Washington could there be a belief that letting people keep more of what they create is a giveaway.” PeoplePoliticalHousePoliticsBeliefWhiteCuttingTaxesCriticismWhite HouseLunchTax CutsLaughableFree Lunch Author:Steve Forbes
“It's tax day and while many Americans are filing their taxes with a groan, taxpayers in the Badger State have reason to cheer. In Wisconsin, we have enacted more than $2 billion in tax cuts, giving our citizens much-needed relief, call us crazy Midwesterners but we think you know how to spend your money better than the government.” ThinkingKnowsGivingStatesReasonGovernmentKnow HowCuttingCrazyNeededCitizensTaxesBillionsReliefCheerTaxpayersTax CutsWisconsinFilingTax DayBadgersMidwesterners Author:Marco Rubio
“[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
“I love listening to these guys give us lectures about debt and deficits. I inherited a trillion-dollar deficit. ... This notion that somehow we caused the deficits is just wrong. It's just not true. ... If they start trying to give you a bunch of facts and figures suggesting that it's true, what they're not telling you is they baked all this stuff into the cake with those tax cuts and a prescription drug plan that they didn't pay for and the wars.” IfsGivingTryingWarFactsGuyStuffPayCuttingPlansFiguresListeningDrugTaxesDollarsNotionDebtBunchCakeDeficitLecturesPrescriptionsSuggestingTax CutsPrescription Drugs Author:Barack Obama
“On GOP Tax Cuts: They'll take food out of the mouths of children to give tax cuts to the wealthiest.” GivingChildrenCuttingTaxesMouthsTax CutsGop Author:Nancy Pelosi
“When Republicans are down, in disarray, feeling blue, they turn to a tried-and-true elixir, sort of a Doctor Feelgood medicine for them. It's called tax cuts.” FeelingsTurnsCuttingRepublicanTaxesDoctorsBlueMedicineTax CutsElixirDisarrayFeeling Blue Author:Paul Gigot
“So let's give another big tax cut to the super-rich. That'll teach bin Laden a lesson he won't soon forget.” GivingBigsForgetTeachRichCuttingLessonsTaxesBin LadenTax Cuts Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“My plan has all that. It's energy independence. It will help our economy. It's a significant tax cut for corporations, including automatic expensing. It's bringing all those profits home from Europe without any taxation. It's lowering our corporate - or our personal rate to 28 percent, the same rate that Ronald Reagan had.” HelpingHomeEnergyEconomyCuttingPlansTaxesPercentEuropeIndependenceRateIncludingProfitSignificantCorporateCorporationsTaxationTax CutsEnergy Independence Author:Sean Hannity
“Joe Biden says the Wall Street crisis is the result of George W. Bush's tax cuts, which makes as much sense as blaming the rising price of fairy dust. But as a wise man once asked, Who gives a rat's patoot what Joe Biden thinks?” ThinkingMenGivingResultsWiseCuttingStreetsWallTaxesCrisisBlameDustRisingFairyRatsTax CutsBidenFairy DustRising Prices Author:Jonah Goldberg
“What we have in the Bush team is a faith-based administration. It launched a faith-based war in Iraq, on the basis of faith-based intelligence, with a faith-based plan for Iraqi reconstruction, supported by faith-based tax cuts to generate faith-based revenues.” WarCuttingPlansTeamTaxesBasesIraqAdministrationRevenueReconstructionTax CutsFaith Based Author:Thomas Friedman
“Payments to the disabled are getting slashed and people like me are getting a tax cut. Who could possibly think that is a good thing?” PeopleThinkingCuttingTaxesGood ThingsLike MePaymentDisabledTax Cuts Author:Mark Haddon
“Without the triggers, that tax cut is irreponsible fiscal policy. Eventually, I think that will be the consensus view.” ThinkingViewsCuttingPolicyTaxesConsensusTriggersTax CutsFiscal Policy Author:Alan Greenspan
“God forbid that Americans earning, say, more than $1 million a year be asked to pony up a little more in taxes to support a larger military at a time when, we are told over and over, the country is in the middle of a war on terror. Millionaires can't be asked to sacrifice even just a little bit. No, they deserve to have their taxes cut while others fight and die.” YearsLittlesWarCountryDiesFightingBitsMillionsSupportCuttingSacrificeMiddleMilitaryTaxesLittle BitDeserveTerrorEarningMillionaireWar On TerrorTax CutsPonies Author:E. J. Dionne
“Budget cuts if you're not rich, tax cuts if you are. Less money for those who don't have any and more to those who do. That's how President Fredo says we're going to get out of the giant deficit hole he's dug. You can't put it any more simply. Rich people richer. Poor people poorer.” PeopleIfsPresidentPoorRichCuttingTaxesHolesBudgetsGiantsPoor PeopleDeficitRich PeopleTax CutsBudget Cuts Author:Will Durst
“The most pernicious of his [Obama] proposals will be the massive Make Work Pay refundable tax credit. Dressed up as a tax cut, it will be a national welfare program, guaranteeing a majority of American households an annual check to 'refund' taxes they never paid. And it will eliminate the need for about 20% of American households to pay income taxes, lifting the proportion that need not do so to a majority of the voting population.” NeedsPayCuttingTaxesProgramPaidMajorityPopulationCreditIncomeChecksWelfareProportionVotingMassiveHouseholdProposalLiftingIncome TaxAnnualsDressed UpTax CutsPerniciousRefundsWelfare Programs Author:Dick Morris
“Washington continues to encourage ever more ill-considered lending in a misguided attempt to stave off needed market corrections. The currently proposed combination of a nationwide infrastructure spending orgy plus tax-cut bribes does nothing to remedy that.” DoeCuttingNeededTaxesIllSpendingCombinationPlusRemedyInfrastructureCorrectionsTax CutsLendingMisguidedBribe Author:Michelle Malkin
“I wonder... if the Republican Party really wants to be branded right now as the party of tax cuts and torture? I mean that's what they're selling.” IfsWantMeanPartyWonderCuttingRepublicanRight NowTaxesSellingTortureRepublican PartyTax CutsBranded Author:Chris Matthews
“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
“Many Republicans have what I call a 'tax-cut syndrome' where they have never seen a tax cut they didn't really like and didn't see a tax increase they didn't hate and do everything they could to block.” HateCuttingRepublicanTaxesIncreaseBlockSyndromesTax CutsTax Increases Author:Peter George Peterson
“Even if Bush could be forgiven for taking America, and much of the rest of the world, to war on false pretenses, and for misrepresenting the cost of the venture, there is no excuse for how he chose to finance it. His was the first war in history paid for entirely on credit. As America went into battle, with deficits already soaring from his 2001 tax cut, Bush decided to plunge ahead with yet another round of tax "relief" for the wealthy.” IfsWorldFirstsWarAmericaCuttingBattleCostTaxesDecidedPaidRoundsExcuseCreditFinanceReliefWealthyVentureForgivenSoarDeficitPretensePlungeNo ExcusesTax Cuts Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas.” JobsCompanyCuttingRepublicanTaxesCreatingTax CutsNew Job Author:Joe Baca
“I kid the Republicans, with love. I feel bad for them. They got nobody for next time. Who are they gonna run? Sarah Palin, reading off her hand. Did you see that? You saw this? She wrote "tax cuts" on her hand. A Republican so stupid she has to be reminded of the one thing - Tax cuts! This is like if you saw the coyote's paw and it said "Road Runner".” IfsFeelsSaidHandsRunningKidsReadingNextSawsCuttingOne ThingStupidRepublicanTaxesNext TimeRunnersPalinTax CutsPawsCoyotesRoad Runner Author:Bill Maher
“The House okayed the gasoline tax cut, which will increase the deficit, line the pockets of the oil companies, and hurt the environment; Dole said that if there was just some way this could interfere with people's sex lives, it would be perfect legislation.” PeopleIfsWaySaidWould BeHouseSexHurtLinesPerfectCompanyEnvironmentCuttingTaxesIncreaseOilPocketsInterfereLegislationDeficitTax CutsGasolineOil Companies Author:Bill Maher
“And then you've got Lieberman, who is for the war. And thinks the tax cuts could really help. He's basically for people who want to vote for Bush but don't think Bush is Jewish enough.” PeopleThinkingWantWarEnoughHelpingCuttingTaxesVoteTax Cuts Author:Jon Stewart
“Why would we want to keep a tax cut that's failed? Why would we not want to go back to the Clinton tax code? And why would we not want to help every family more with a health-care plan like mine? Let's help average people. Let's be Democrats.” PeopleWantHelpingCareCuttingPlansMinesTaxesClintonDemocratAverageHealth CareCodeTax Cuts Author:Dick Gephardt
“Republicans drove us into debt with two wars and the Bush tax cuts. Now they want to pay for that debt with cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. This is not only immoral it is bad economics. Why do Republicans always have money for war but not for those in need?” WantNeedsTwoWarSocialPayCuttingSecurityRepublicanTaxesEconomicsDebtImmoralSocial SecurityMedicareTax CutsThose In NeedMedicaidMedicare And Medicaid Author:Bernie Sanders
“All Democrats for the last 30 years have tried to stimulate the economy by giving 'tax cuts' to people who don't pay taxes.” PeopleGivingYearsLastsPayEconomyCuttingTaxesDemocratTax Cuts Author:Ann Coulter
“Hearing politicians tell us we can't afford a tax cut is like listening to a glutton tell you he can't afford a diet. In no other context do people talk about paying for money they don't have. I can't pay for your refusal to give me money because I need a yacht.” PeopleNeedsGivingI CanPayCuttingListeningPoliticianTaxesGive MeHearingDietsRefusalTax CutsYacht Author:Ann Coulter
“Bill Clinton gives the appearance of taking stands-for some sort of tax cut, some sort of welfare reform, some sort of balanced budget-but these are ploys, mirages: they exist only to undermine positions taken by the Republicans. He doesn't fight for anything substantive-except of course, re-election. ...He has fallen into the dangerous habit of lip synching the presidency: he gives the appearance of leadership, but not the substance.” GivingFightingCoursesTakenCuttingDangerousPositionHabitRepublicanTaxesElectionBillsClintonLipsAppearanceReformSubstanceBudgetsWelfareFallenBalancedPresidencyTax CutsMiragesBalanced BudgetPloyWelfare Reform Author:Joe Klein
“Tax cuts are temporary, tax increases are permanent.” CuttingTaxesIncreasePermanentTemporaryTax CutsTax Increases Author:Neal Boortz
“When you listen to tax-cut rhetoric, remember that giving one class of taxpayer a break requires - now or down the line - that an equivalent burden be imposed on other parties. In other words, if I get a break, someone else pays. Government can't deliver a free lunch to the country as a whole. It can however, determine who pays for lunch.” IfsGivingCountryWholeGovernmentRememberLinesPartyPayClassBreakCuttingTaxesDetermineBurdenLunchRhetoricTaxpayersTax CutsFree Lunch Author:Warren Buffett
“I cannot in good conscience vote in favor of tax cuts, irrespective of their size, or to which segment of the population they are targeted. Nor can I support any spending increases that are not related to improving our nation's defense from the obvious and serious threats facing us today.” TodayNationsSupportCuttingSeriousTaxesConscienceVoteIncreaseThreatSizePopulationObviousSpendingDefenseFavorsRelatedImprovingTax Cuts Author:John McCain
“There's one big difference between me and the others - I won't take every last dime of the surplus and spend it on tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy. I'll use the bulk of the surplus to secure Social Security far into the future to keep our promise to the greatest generation.” UseBigsLastsSocialDifferencesCuttingGenerationsSecurityPromiseTaxesBenefitsSecureWealthySocial SecurityDimesTax CutsSurplusGreatest Generation Author:John McCain
“The [Donald] Trump plan would increase the national debt a little over a $1 trillion a year, the Trump plan would reduce taxes at all income levels with, of course, the biggest tax cuts going to the richest taxpayers as they always do.” YearsLittlesCoursesLevelsCuttingPlansTrumpTaxesIncreaseDebtIncomeTaxpayersTax CutsNational Debt Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Health care is still the number-one issue out there. Someone who seizes it, I think, will do very well in an election. Let's face it: Clinton's two big issues were the middle class tax cut, which he dropped, wisely, at the time to help reduce the deficit, and health care. That's what he ran on.” ThinkingWellsStillsTwoHelpingBigsCareFacesNumbersClassIssuesCuttingMiddleTaxesElectionClintonHealth CareRanMiddle ClassDeficitTax Cuts Author:Russ Feingold
“If you want to really sort of quantify the dereliction of the Republican establishment, those two facts are the most important two facts. One, that they didn`t even understand the base of their own party, white working class voters who you know what, don`t care about tax cuts for the rich, really aren`t interested in the things that the elite part of their party want, including immigration reform. And number two, they spent eight months avoiding finding opposition research to use against the guy who was becoming the front-runner in their party that they don`t want.” IfsKnowsWantTwoImportantFactsUseCareGuyWhitePartyNumbersClassRichCuttingFrontsMonthsBecomingRepublicanTaxesFindingsResearchIncludingDon't CareEightImmigrationReformOppositionVotersEstablishmentElitesWorking ClassRunnersAvoidingTax CutsImmigration ReformWho You Know Author:Chris Hayes
“In the Iowa senate, I helped pass the largest tax cut in state history - returning over four billion dollars in savings and putting more money back in the pockets of hard-working Iowa families.” HardStatesFourCuttingHard WorkTaxesDollarsBillionsSavingPocketsSenateMore MoneySavingsTax CutsIowa Author:Joni Ernst
“Conservatives need to figure out a way to motivate by reason and persuade through emotion. Meaning that when they talk about our issues, it can't come from a selfish place - "Give me a tax cut. Where's my tax cut." We have to get back to that "shining city on the hill."” WayNeedsGivingReasonEmotionCitiesIssuesCuttingFiguresTaxesGive MeShiningSelfishHillsGet BackTax Cuts Author:Andrea Tantaros
“I think it's important to look at what we need to do to get the economy going again. That's why I said new jobs with rising incomes, investments, not in more tax cuts that would add $5 trillion to the debt.” ThinkingNeedsLooksSaidImportantJobsEconomyCuttingTaxesAddInvestmentDebtIncomeRisingTax CutsNew Job Author:Hillary Clinton
“The kind of plan that Donald [Tramp] has put forth would be trickle-down economics all over again. In fact, it would be the most extreme version, the biggest tax cuts for the top percent of the people in this country than we've ever had.” PeopleKindCountryFactsWould BeCuttingPlansTaxesPercentEconomicsExtremesVersionsTax CutsTrampsTrickle DownTrickle Down Economics Author:Hillary Clinton
“What Donald Trump is proposing with these massive tax cuts will result in a $20 trillion additional national debt. That will have dire consequences for Social Security and Medicare.” SocialResultsCuttingSecurityTrumpTaxesConsequenceDebtMassiveSocial SecurityMedicareTax CutsNational Debt Author:Hillary Clinton
“There's no doubt that [tax cuts] act as a stimulus. How could they not, in a sense? You're giving cash back to households.” GivingDoubtCuttingTaxesNo DoubtCashHouseholdStimulusTax Cuts Author:Judy Woodruff
“They have two aspects. One is that they're unpredictable, and that often rich and more affluent households are slow to spend the funds. The other thing about tax cuts is that they're redistributive. So they tend, naturally, to benefit those who pay tax.” TwoPayRichCuttingTaxesBenefitsAspectFundHouseholdUnpredictableTax CutsAffluent Author:Judy Woodruff
“If you stimulate the economy by means of a tax cut, the people that you tend to be benefiting are the better off.” PeopleIfsMeanEconomyCuttingTaxesBetter OffTax Cuts Author:Judy Woodruff