“Obama sees everything backward. Where Americans see individual achievement, he sees government's work. Where we see failing companies, he sees innovation worth subsidizing. Where we see the need for economic growth, he sees a need for higher taxes.” NeedsGovernmentIndividualGrowthCompanyFailingEconomicHigherTaxesAchievementInnovationEconomic GrowthIndividual Achievement Author:Reince Priebus
“The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government.” ReasonGovernmentGrowthNumbersEconomicTaxesIncomeFlawedEconomic GrowthDiscouragingIncome Tax Author:Mark Skousen
“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
“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
“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
“The tax rate increases reduce economic growth; they shrink the pie; they cause more poverty, more despair, more unemployment, which are all things government is trying to alleviate with spending.” TryingGovernmentCausesGrowthPovertyEconomicTaxesDespairAll ThingsIncreaseRateSpendingPieUnemploymentShrinksEconomic GrowthAlleviate Author:Arthur Laffer
“I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it we had great economic growth, we cut taxes, and we had a big surplus.” BigsLastsGrowthCuttingHappenedEconomicTaxesBudgetsArchitectLast TimeCommitteesEconomic GrowthChairmanSurplus Author:John Kasich
“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
“States with high and rising tax burdens are more likely to suffer economic decline; those with low and falling tax burdens are more likely to enjoy strong economic growth.” StatesSufferingFallStrongEnjoyGrowthEconomicTaxesLowsBurdenRisingDeclineEconomic GrowthTax Burden Author:Lawrence Kudlow
“We have to have structural entitlement reform, major spending cuts and not tax increase-retardants on economic growth to reverse our current course toward national bankruptcy, but Obama steadfastly remains on the wrong side of all these solutions.” CoursesSidesGrowthCuttingEconomicTaxesMajorsSolutionsIncreaseRemainsCurrentsSpendingReformReverseEconomic GrowthEntitlementBankruptcyTax IncreasesSpending Cuts Author:David Limbaugh
“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
“We know taxes slow down economic growth, so if you add a carbon tax you have to also minus other taxes. You can't take more money out of people's pockets. I don't think you can build a consensus in this country about environmental policy if you're going to make people poor.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsCountryGrowthPoorEconomicPolicyTaxesAddEnvironmentalPocketsMore MoneyCarbonSlow DownConsensusEconomic GrowthMinusEnvironmental PolicyCarbon Tax Author:Christy Clark
“Donald Trump wants to dramatically reduce America's corporate tax rate (to 15%) and thereby unleash economic growth. Hillary Clinton hasn't said a word about lowering corporate tax rates. Being a Fedzillacrat, you don't need to be an economic soothsayer to know that she supports taxing the producers and further strangling America's anemic economy.” KnowsWantNeedsSaidAmericaGrowthSupportEconomyEconomicTrumpTaxesClintonRateProducersCorporateEconomic GrowthStrangling Author:Ted Nugent
“It looks like [Donald] Trump's plan has the potential to actually move the needle on economic growth because he wants to lower taxes and lower regulations. That would be very powerful in terms of creating jobs.” WantLooksWould BeJobsMovingGrowthTermPowerfulPlansEconomicTrumpTaxesCreatingRegulationEconomic GrowthVery PowerfulNeedlesCreating Jobs Author:Maria Bartiromo
“Economic growth, profitability, prosperity, jobs, increased jobs, increased wages, they're able to get that tax rate down to 15% and we're gonna call it tax relief, not tax breaks, not tax loopholes. It's important to control and reclaim the language here.” ImportantAbleJobsLanguageGrowthBreakEconomicTaxesRateProsperityReliefWagesEconomic GrowthLoopholesProfitabilityTax Breaks Author:Rush Limbaugh
“This is again, one of our pieces of our 200-pay plan, part of our very ambitious agenda. We really don`t think we can get the kind of economic growth we could - we had the potential to get without tax reform.” ThinkingKindGrowthPayPiecesPlansEconomicTaxesReformAgendasAmbitiousEconomic GrowthTax Reform Author:Paul Ryan
“We are under the stifling regulation and taxes of a predominantly left-wing type of thinking and philosophy. The eight years of Barack Obama have shrouded this country in punitive regulations. We haven't had economic growth higher than one and a half percent for the last eight or nine years, and that was done on purpose. There have been robust times in the past, and there are a lot of people right now that are doing well and are growing. But generally it ought to be much better in the past. There needs to be an economic revival.” PeopleThinkingCountryDonePhilosophyPastPurposeGrowthEconomicTaxesBarackRevivalEconomic Growth Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You've got to have tax reform to get faster economic growth. Faster economic growth is necessary for us to get our debt under control.” GrowthEconomicTaxesEconomic Growth Author:Paul Ryan
“Budget deficits are not caused by wild-eyed spenders, but by slow economic growth and periodic recessions. And any new recession would break all deficit records. In short, it is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low, and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now.” LongRunningTodayGrowthBreakCuttingEconomicTaxesRateEconomic GrowthParadoxical Author:John F. Kennedy
“We need to have the growth. If we simply look at this as being deficit-neutral, you're never going to get the type of tax reform and tax reductions that you need to get to sustain 3 percent economic growth. We really do believe that the tax code is what's holding back the American economy.” BelieveGrowthEconomyEconomicTaxesCodeEconomic Growth Author:Mick Mulvaney
“Growth works. What we're doing in the administration to spur growth in terms of regulatory form work. And what we're working is to make sure that those tax cuts add to that. We do believe that sustained 3 percent economic growth is possible and that that is the way you can balance the budget long-term.” BelieveGrowthTermCuttingEconomicBalanceTaxesEconomic Growth Author:Mick Mulvaney
“In 1990, about 1 percent of American corporate profits were taken in tax havens like the Cayman Islands. By 2002, it was up to 17 percent, and it'll be up to 20-25 percent very quickly. It's a major problem. Fundamentally, we have a tax system designed for a national, industrial, wage economy, which is what we had in the early 1900s. We now live in a global, asset-based, services world. And we need to have a tax system that follows the economic order or it's going to interfere with economic growth, it's going to reduce people's incomes, and it's going to damage the US.” WorldProblemGrowthEconomyTakenEconomicTaxesInterfereEconomic Growth Author:David Cay Johnston
“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
“The Republican promise is for policies that create economic growth. Republicans believe lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budgets, a solvent Social Security and Medicare will stimulate economic growth.” BelieveSocialGrowthEconomicSecurityPolicyPromiseRepublicanTaxesBudgetsRegulationBalancedSocial SecurityEconomic GrowthMedicareBalanced Budget Author:Rand Paul
“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