“Let me announce this to the American people tonight one of the best things about this debate, as a Democrat from Massachusetts, I have proposed eliminating, getting rid of the alternative minimum tax.” PeopleTaxesLet MeDemocratDebateAlternativesBest ThingsTonightMinimumEliminatingMassachusetts Author:Richard Neal
“We have to adjust the age retirement for younger people. People of my income level are going to have to have their benefits means-tested. Democrats are going to want a simpler tax code.” PeopleWantMeanAgeLevelsTaxesBenefitsDemocratIncomeCodeRetirementTested Author:Lindsey Graham
“When you're in an economic downturn, what you want is to create jobs and economic growth. And the recipe isn't Republican or Democrat. It's low taxes, low spending, less regulation, free trade.” WantJobsGrowthEconomicRepublicanTaxesLowsTradeDemocratSpendingWhat You WantRegulationRecipesEconomic GrowthFree TradeDownturnEconomic DownturnSpending Less Author:Nancy Pfotenhauer
“Democrats believe we should renew our commitment to creating tax credits for hybrid vehicles, increasing fuel efficiency standards for cars, and investing in ethanol, biofuel, hydrogen fuel cell technology.” ShouldBelieveTechnologyCarTaxesCreatingStandardsCommitmentDemocratInvestingCreditCellsFuelVehicleEfficiencyHybridHydrogenEthanolBiofuelsFuel EfficiencyFuel CellsHydrogen Fuel Author:Rosa DeLauro
“Let's be very honest about what this is about. It's not about bashing Democrats, it's not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don't know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up.” KnowsMenIdeasHateHouseBlackWhitePartyHonestTaxesRacismDemocratTeaNo IdeaRacistWhite HouseBostonTea PartyStraight Up Author:Janeane Garofalo
“We had no religion at all, but we were Jews in New Hampshire, and my sister - who is now a rabbi - said it best: We were, like, the only Jews in Bedford, New Hampshire, as well as the only Democrats, so we just kind of associated those two things together. My dad raised us to believe that paying taxes is an honor.” BelieveWellsKindSaidTwoTogetherDadHonorTaxesDemocratRaisedMy DadJewTwo ThingsMy SisterRabbiHampshireNew HampshirePaying Taxes Author:Roseanne Barr
“If you're a social democrat, then you think it's cool to pay taxes. For me, tax is the finest expression for what politics really is.” IfsThinkingSocialPayExpressionTaxesDemocratFinest Author:Mona Sahlin
“Gay marriage is a tricky issue for the Democrats due to the fact that - like taxes, defense and education - they are forced to lie about their position when running for office. In other words, Democrats are gay marriage supporters trapped in the bodies of candidates who oppose gay marriage. And no issue-reassignment surgery can help them.” FactsHelpingBodyRunningLyingIssuesPositionGayTaxesOfficeDemocratDuesDefenseCandidatesTrappedSurgerySupporterGay MarriageTrickyRunning For Office Author:Ann Coulter
“A state is absolute in the sense which I have in mind when it claims the right to a monopoly of all the force within the community, to make war, to make peace, to conscript life, to tax, to establish and disestablish property, to define crime, to punish disobedience, to control education, to supervise the family, to regulate personal habits, and to censor opinions. The modern state claims all of these powers, and, in the matter of theory, there is no real difference in the size of the claim between communists, fascists, and Democrats.” MindWarRealMatterStatesForceCommunityDifferencesOpinionModernCrimeTheoryHabitTaxesClaimsAbsolutesPropertyDemocratSizeCommunistMonopolyDisobedienceFascistsMaking Peace Book:A Preface to Morals Source: A Preface to Morals
“Americans know that we cannot tax and spend our way out of a recession, yet Democrats cant grasp this simple fact.” KnowsWayFactsSimpleTaxesDemocratCantRecessions Author:Pete Sessions
“Democrats in Washington predicted that tax cuts would not create jobs, would not increase wages, and would cause the federal deficit to explode. Well, the facts are in. The tax cuts have led to a strong economy. Real wages were on the rise, and deficit has been cut in half three years ahead of schedule.” YearsWellsHas BeensRealFactsJobsThreeStrongCausesHalfEconomyCuttingTaxesIncreaseDemocratThree YearsSchedulesWagesDeficitTax CutsStrong Economy Author:George W. Bush
“Democrats don't want you to know what their tax plans are. They just don't want you to know.” KnowsWantPlansTaxesDemocrat Author:George W. Bush
“Get ready; if the Democrats take the House, your taxes are going up.” IfsHouseReadyTaxesDemocrat Author:George W. Bush
“Well, certainly the Democrats have been arguing to raise the capital gains tax on all Americans. Obama says he wants to do that. That would slow down economic growth. It's not necessarily helpful to the economy. Every time we've cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. Whenever we raise the capital gains tax, it's been damaged.” WantWellsHas BeensGrowthEconomyCuttingEconomicTaxesGainsRaisesDemocratArguingHelpfulSlow DownEconomic GrowthCapital GainsCapital Gains Tax Author:Grover Norquist
“Another one of President Barack Obama's nominees is having tax issues, which proves one thing: The Democrats like raising the taxes, but they hate paying them.” HatePresidentIssuesOne ThingProveTaxesDemocratBarackPresident Barack Obama Author:Craig Ferguson
“Any Democrat who squirms on the tax-cut issue in the primaries has no chance ' zero ' to win the nomination. Each will have to take the “pledge” to oppose the Bush tax cuts. Thus, Bush will have succeeded in creating a situation where anyone who can win the nomination can't win the election. Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase.” WinningChanceSituationIssuesCuttingTaxesCreatingIncreaseElectionDemocratFavorsPrimariesZeroPledgeTax CutsNominationsCan't WinTax Increases Author:Dick Morris
“If you're white and wealthy, Texas is a great place, however, no Texas governor Republican or Democrat is eager to raise taxes and without that you can't expand access to health care or decrease the cost of higher education.” IfsCareWhiteEducationHealthHigherRepublicanCostTaxesRaisesDemocratAccessHealth CareWealthyTexasGovernorsDecreaseHigher Education Author:Calvin Jillson
“I'm a conservative, pro-life governor in a state where it is really tough to be both. A state like New Jersey, with lots of Democrats, but still we cut taxes, we balanced budgets. We fought the teacher's union.” StillsStatesTeacherCuttingTaxesToughUnionsDemocratConservativeBudgetsBalancedGovernorsJerseyPro LifeNew JerseyBalanced Budget Author:Chris Christie
“What does it mean when Republicans and Democrats alike warn us about the 'pain' involved in cutting government spending - in their spending less of our money? For the average citizen, what pain is there in his keeping more of his money to invest it the way he wants? Taxes cost people. Tax cuts do not cost government.” PeopleWayWantMeanDoeGovernmentPainPoliticalPoliticsCuttingCitizensInvolvedRepublicanCostTaxesDemocratAverageSpendingTax CutsGovernment SpendingSpending Less Author:Theodore J. Forstmann
“[The healthcare bill is a] headlong rush into socialism....we will not stand for the Obama-Pelosi-Reid hijacking of our freedom and democracy so they can impose their socialist 'utopia' of higher taxes, restricted access, inferior quality, and deadly inefficiency on the best health care system in the world....You and the RNC are all that stand between the Democrats' scheme to take more of your hard-earned income to pay for this unsustainable, freedom destroying entitlement and an opportunity to work for real, truly bipartisan step-by-step solutions.” WorldRealHardCareOpportunityPayQualityStepsDemocracyHigherTaxesSolutionsBillsDemocratAccessIncomeSocialismHealth CareDestroyingHealthcareSchemesSocialistInferiorsUtopiaEntitlementBipartisanInefficiencyHealth Care SystemHijacking Author:Michael Steele
“I think most people, when they take a look at the candidates and the positions of the candidates, realize that protecting this country and keeping this economy going are the two most important issues. And you can't protect the country if you retreat from overseas, and you can't keep the economy growing if you raise taxes. And that's exactly what the Democrats in the House would like to do.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksTwoImportantCountryHouseRealizingEconomyIssuesGrowingPositionProtectTaxesRaisesDemocratCandidatesRetreatImportant Issues Author:George W. Bush
“Donald Trump lied about criticizing Mark Zuckerberg.Ben Carson lied about Mannatech.Carli Fiorina lied about the size of the tax code.Marco Rubio flatly refused to answer a question ("discredited attacks from Democrats") that I guess he didn't think he could just lie about. This is quite a debate.” ThinkingLyingAnswersTrumpTaxesMarkDemocratSizeDebateCodeCriticizeLiedMarcosZuckerbergBen Carson Author:Kevin Drum
“Hold on to your wallets folks because with the passage of this trillion-dollar baby, the Democrats will be poised to spend as much as $3 trillion in your tax dollars. Taxpayers will be on the hook for spending that will stimulate the debt, stimulate the growth of government, but will do little to stimulate jobs or the economy.” LittlesGovernmentJobsGrowthEconomyBabyTaxesDollarsDemocratFolksDebtSpendingPassagesHookTaxpayersWalletsTax Dollars Author:Christopher Bond
“The current health care takeover proposals feature a crucial payoff to Big Labor - a golden exemption from any tax on union members' generous health care benefits. The friends and patrons of Obama may be making out like bandits. But for everyone else, the Democrats' ideological bankruptcy comes at a nauseatingly steep price.” MayBigsCareTaxesMembersBenefitsLaborUnionsDemocratCurrentsGoldenHealth CareFeaturesGenerousCrucialProposalIdeologicalBankruptcySteepPatronPayoffBanditsExemptionTakeovers Author:Michelle Malkin
“Obama's Democrats have become the part of no. Real cuts to federal budget? No. Entitlement reform? No. Tax reform? No. Breaking the corrupt and fiscally unsustainable symbiosis between public-sector unions and state governments? Hell no.” RealStatesGovernmentHellCuttingTaxesUnionsDemocratReformBudgetsEntitlementState GovernmentPublic SectorTax ReformSymbiosis Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Democrats are people who raise your taxes and spend your money on weird stuff. They steal your guns, and they spit on your faith.” PeopleStuffTaxesGunRaisesDemocratStealingSpitWeird Stuff Author:Grover Norquist
“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
“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
“Actually, Congress just did pass a tax plan like Donald Trump`s.They passed a tax plan which some Democrats voted for, significant number of Democrats which gave huge tax breaks to wealthy people and corporations.” PeopleNumbersBreakPlansHugeTrumpTaxesDemocratCongressSignificantCorporationsWealthyTax BreaksSignificant Numbers Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“The Democrats - Democrats on board, the Congress said tax policy.But their tax policy was pretty bad, that added $800 billion to the deficit.” SaidPolicyTaxesDemocratCongressBillionsBoardsDeficit Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“As long as Republicans won't - won't raise taxes and as long as Democrats won't in any way make entitlements based on need, rather than just across the board, I really think that we're doomed to this deadlock.” ThinkingWayNeedsLongRepublicanTaxesRaisesDemocratBoardsDoomedEntitlement Author:Mark Shields
“You have to understand that Republicans are on lockstep on one issue. They will not raise taxes. Democrats are in lockstep on another issue, pro-choice in all cases on abortion.” ChoicesCasesIssuesRepublicanTaxesRaisesDemocratAbortion Author:Mark Shields
“God can use anything, and anyone - even a king or a president, even a tax collector or a businessman, a priest or a prostitute, a Republican or a Democrat.” UsePresidentKingsRepublicanTaxesDemocratPriestsBusinessmanCollectors Author:Shane Claiborne
“Every presidential candidate for decades has released his tax returns, and I've released 33 years of my tax returns. The American people deserve to know about our taxes. And so Donald Trump is standing in the way of precedent that goes back on both sides of aisle Democrats and Republicans, and he clearly has something that he doesn't want us to see.” PeopleKnowsWayWantYearsSidesReturnTrumpRepublicanTaxesDeserveStandingDemocratDecadesPresidentialCandidatesBoth SidesWant UPrecedentAislePresidential CandidateTax Returns Author:Hillary Clinton
“People feel the deck is being totally stacked against them, and the Democrats have various things in their playbook to go after opponents; taxes is one of them.” PeopleFeelsTaxesDemocratVariousOpponentsDeckPlaybooks Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If Hillary [Clinton] is elected, is she going to be able to jack up taxes with virtually no deductions, and include capital gains? Unless democrats have a clean sweep of Congress, I don't think that's going to happen either.” IfsThinkingHappensAbleTaxesGainsCleanClintonDemocratCongressDeductionsCapital Gains Author:Gary Shilling
“Donald Trump has assembled a group of people who know how to, quote, get it done, whatever it is. Now, the left is not gonna be happy with the things they want to get done. And they're gonna continue to oppose it even when they benefit from it, they are going to continue to oppose it, unless Trump comes in with massive tax increases when of course the Democrats will sign on for that.” PeopleKnowsWantDoneCoursesLeftKnow HowGroupsTrumpTaxesBenefitsIncreaseDemocratMassiveGet It DoneTax Increases Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm pleased that I've balanced budgets. I was on the world of business for 25 years. If you didn't balance your budget, you went out of business. I went into the Olympics that was out of balance, and we got it on balance, and made a success there. I had the chance to be governor of a state. Four years in a row, Democrats and Republicans came together to balance the budget. We cut taxes 19 times and balanced our budget.” IfsWorldYearsMadeStatesTogetherChanceFourCuttingBalanceRepublicanTaxesDemocratBudgetsFour YearsBalancedGovernorsOlympicsBalanced Budget Author:Mitt Romney
“What the Democrats do with income inequality is punish the people at the top of whatever bracket we're talking about. If it's income, they want to raise taxes. They want to impugn, punish, institute more regulations, just make it tougher and tougher and do what they can to take money from them.” PeopleIfsWantTalkingTaxesRaisesDemocratIncomeInequalityRegulationInstituteIncome InequalityBrackets Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Everything [Ronald Reagan] got, the tax cuts, he had Democrats outnumbering him in the House and Senate everywhere. There were certain realities that he faced. But the biggest tax increase on Social Security was authored by none other than Bill Clinton.” RealityCertainHouseSocialCuttingSecurityTaxesIncreaseBillsClintonDemocratSenateSocial SecurityTax CutsTax Increases Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There's this notion that Republicans are the party of Jesus and the Democrats are the Godless party. Let's be clear for a minute. One party wants to give health insurance to the poor and the weak and the dispossessed, and one party wants to take away that health insurance and give tax breaks to rich people. You tell me: which side would Jesus fall on that argument?” PeopleWantGivingFallJesusSidesPoorPartyBreakRichClearMinutesRepublicanTaxesArgumentWeakDemocratNotionRich PeopleTax Breaks Author:Reza Aslan
“It's time to see that there's no such thing as unity in the Democrat Party, ever. They are a disparate coalition of different groups that have one or two unifying precincts: High taxes, Big Government.” TwoDifferentBigsGovernmentPartyGroupsTaxesUnityDemocratCoalitionsBig GovernmentUnifyingHigh Taxes Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We in Germany could, for example, lower taxes. And who is against that? The Social Democrats. We could also mobilize more private investments for public infrastructure projects liken the construction of highways. But the Social Democrats also reject this, even though they are at times similar to others abroad in their carping about the surplus. Incidentally, some of the consequences of the good economic situation are strong increases in wages, rising pensions and a strong labor market.” StrongSituationEconomicTaxesConsequenceLaborDemocratInvestmentConstructionPension Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“If you have the desire, if you really had people with the burning desire to lower taxes, it would be done. We know the Democrats don't want to do it.” PeopleDoneDesireTaxesDemocrat Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Democrats are going to tax everybody through the roof. It is going to be focused on people that are wealthy because that's who they can tax. When you look at the stimulus plan - see, this doesn't make any sense, this is not working, it's not going to work, it's not intended to work the way we all were told it was gonna work. Health care is not going to get better. It's gonna get worse. It's gonna get rationed. The economy, the energy sector, nothing is being improved here. Everything's being wrecked.” PeopleCareEnergyEconomyTaxesDemocratFocusedHealth CareGet BetterWealthyRoofGoing To Work Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The amount of money coming into Washington is not a factor when the Democrats start spending it. Witness Obama. National debt doubled in eight years. It didn't matter what the tax revenue was. Didn't matter. He was gonna spend the money anyway.” TaxesDemocratWitness Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There's no way you can grow an economy with that, with that many people not working and not paying taxes, you can have any kind of government solvency, you can't have any kind of growing economy, which is exactly what the Democrats want, by the way. Much better for the Democrats that you don't work. The more you work, the less dependent on them you are. If this sounds hideous, I'm sorry, it's true.” PeopleKindEconomyTaxesDemocratSorry Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Democrats have so corrupted our understanding of economics and productivity that lowering tax rates is now considered to be some kind of sop to the rich. I mean, it's just profound to me, the damage inflicted on this country by the Democrats in their pursuit of perpetual power.” KindMeanCountryUnderstandingRichTaxesProfoundDemocratRateProductivity Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Ladies and gentlemen, the Reagan tax cuts turned the deepest recession since the Great Depression into the largest 20-year economic boom in American history. The Reagan tax cuts of 1981 and '86. And the same thing can happen here again. Democrats just cannot let it.” CuttingEconomicTaxesDemocratGentlemanAmerican HistoryGreat DepressionLadies And Gentlemen Author:Rush Limbaugh