“Its fundamentally unfair to have so much of the tax relief go to so few. And it is a 10-year tax plan rather than one, as mine, focused on the next two years, which in my opinion is the critical time to jumpstart the economy.” YearsTwoNextOpinionEconomyPlansMinesTaxesCriticalFocusedReliefTwo YearsUnfairJumpstart Author:Bob Graham
“The politicians say 'we' can't afford a tax cut. Maybe we can't afford the politicians.” FunnyPoliticsBusinessEconomyCuttingPoliticianTaxesCapitalismTaxationTax CutsTax DayTaxes Funny Author:Steve Forbes
“If you raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires, you'll do nothing to address the debt and the deficit. And the thing you might do is you might finally put this economy over another cliff. These millionaires and billionaires are the folks that try to create jobs and help grow the economy.” IfsTryingHelpingMightJobsGrowsEconomyTaxesRaisesFolksDebtAddressesDeficitCliffsMillionaireBillionaire Author:Joe Walsh
“You know, people like Hillary Clinton think you grow the economy by growing Washington. I think most of us in America understand that people, not the government creates jobs. And one of the best things we can do is get the government out of the way, put in reign in all the out of control regulations, put in place and all of the above energy policy, give people the education, the skills that the need to succeed, and lower the tax rate and reform the tax code.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayNeedsGivingGovernmentJobsAmericaEnergyGrowsCan DoEconomyGrowingPolicySucceedSkillsTaxesClintonRateReformCodeBest ThingsRegulationReignEnergy Policy Author:Scott Walker
“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
“Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem. ... Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it. ... The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.” PeopleIfsLittlesDoeProblemGovernmentMovingViewsEconomyToo MuchTaxesSolutionsSolvePhrasesKeep Moving Author:Ronald Reagan
“I am impressed by the positive and insightful feedback we have received from Canadians across the country and again this morning in Brampton. The input received during the pre-budget consultation process is invaluable to our Government, as we move forward in keeping Canada's economy strong. That means keeping taxes low while investing in programs and services that are important to Canadians and their families.” MeanImportantCountryGovernmentMovingStrongProcessMorningEconomyTaxesLowsProgramInvestingMoving ForwardBudgetsCanadaInsightfulImpressedFeedbackInputInvaluableConsultation Author:Kevin Sorenson
“So I'm not proposing anything radical. I just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income tax rates we were paying under Bill Clinton. Back when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest budget surplus in history, and plenty of millionaires to boot. ... At the same time, most people agree that we should not raise taxes on middle-class families or small businesses -- not when so many folks are just trying to get by.” PeopleShouldTryingYearsBelieveJobsClassMillionsEconomyMiddleTaxesRaisesAgreeBillsClintonRateFolksIncomeRadicalPlentyBudgetsMiddle ClassBootsSmall BusinessMillionaireIncome TaxBack WhenSurplusNew JobJust BelieveMiddle Class Family Author:Barack Obama
“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
“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
“Having taxed the economy so hard, it has created a big depression. So we have to create a tax system that could really help growth and investment that is the first thing.” FirstsHardHelpingBigsGrowthEconomyTaxesInvestmentTax System Author:Eva Kaili
“The government does not add value to the economy. It removes value from the economy by imposing taxes on one citizen and providing cash to another.” DoeGovernmentValuesEconomyCitizensTaxesAddRemoveCashProvidingImposing Author:Mark Levin
“Government intervention in the economy - through taxes, regulation and, most importantly, currency inflation - causes distortions and misallocations of capital that must eventually be unwound. The distortions degrade the general standard of living, and the economy goes into a recession (call that an incomplete cleansing). Or it goes into a depression - wherein the entire sickly structure comes unglued.” GovernmentCausesEconomyTaxesStandardsStructureRegulationCurrencyInflationInterventionIncompleteDistortionRecessionsDegradeStandards Of LivingCleansingGovernment Intervention Author:Doug Casey
“We will shortly become like Germany, France, the United Kingdom, or Sweden - a socialist democracy in which the government dominates the economy, determines private-sector priorities and offers a vastly expanded range of services to many more people at much higher taxes.” PeopleGovernmentUnitedEconomyDemocracyHigherOffersTaxesDeterminePrioritiesKingdomsFranceRangeGermanySocialistPrivate SectorSwedenUnited Kingdom Author:Dick Morris
“With a congressional mandate to run the deficit up as high as need be, there is no reason to raise taxes now and risk aggravating the depression. Instead, Obama will follow the opposite of the Reagan strategy. Reagan cut taxes and increased the deficit so that liberals could not increase spending. Obama will raise spending and increase the deficit so that conservatives cannot cut taxes. And, when the economy is restored, he will raise taxes with impunity, since the only people who will have to pay them would be rich Republicans.” PeopleNeedsReasonWould BeRunningPayEconomyRichCuttingRiskRepublicanTaxesOppositesIncreaseRaisesStrategySpendingNo ReasonDeficitMandatesImpunityAggravating Author:Dick Morris
“It is not wise for us to permit a few people on the Federal Reserve Board to have life and death power over our economy. My recommendation for reducing some of that power is to repeal legal tender laws and eliminate all taxes on gold, silver and platinum transactions. That way there would be money substitutes and the government money monopoly would be reduced and hence the ability to tax - some people would say steal from - us through inflation.” PeopleWayGovernmentWould BeLawAbilityEconomyWiseTaxesGoldStealingBoardsLife And DeathSilverSubstitutesPermitReservesInflationMonopolyReducingTransactionsFederal ReserveRecommendationsGold And SilverPlatinum Author:Walter E. Williams
“It is ridiculous to assume you can tax the people that are working and give the money (to people) who are not working and somehow this creates economy activity. You are destroying as much by taking from those who are working and creating.” PeopleGivingEconomyActivityTaxesCreatingAssumingRidiculousDestroying Author:Yaron Brook
“Why is it so hard to see that when America had high savings, low taxes and minimal government, the economy grew like a week, and today when we have just the opposite, the economy is shrinking.?” HardGovernmentTodayAmericaEconomyWeekGrewTaxesLowsOppositesSavingSavingsShrinking Author:James Cook
“There is no - let me repeat - no example in the last quarter-century of a large, complex economy that has been successful with high taxes.” Has BeensLastsEconomySuccessfulCenturyExampleTaxesLet MeComplexesRepeatsQuartersHigh Taxes Author:Jonah Goldberg
“Even if you assume that the whole economy would work better had we never had double taxation, having the envy and resentment of the richest paying low or no taxes screams of injustice. You have to have a fair system.” IfsWholeEconomyTaxesLowsFairsAssumingInjusticeEnvyScreamResentmentTaxation Author:Charlie Munger
“There is no doubt that as an economy grows in a great way like India has, that you have to step back and change your tax systems, because you start to get more disparities of wealth.” WayGrowsWealthStepsEconomyDoubtTaxesIndiaNo DoubtDisparityTax System Author:Bill Gates
“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
“When Obama boasts that it will be a huge boon to the economy to give amnesty to millions of low-wage workers, who won't pay income taxes but will need a lot of government services, remember: Obamacare was supposed to save money, too.” NeedsGivingGovernmentRememberPayMillionsEconomyHugeTaxesLowsWorkersIncomeBoastObamacareIncome TaxSaving MoneyAmnestyBoonGovernment Service Author:Ann Coulter
“I am a leader in the fight against the national energy tax proposal some Congressional leaders are advocating. I call this bad idea 'cap-and-tax' because of the damage it will do to jobs, manufacturing and our economy.” IdeasJobsFightingEnergyLeaderEconomyTaxesDamageProposalCapsManufacturingBad IdeasAdvocating Author:Jim Sensenbrenner
“I'll go anywhere and I'll do whatever it takes to get this done. It's too important for Washington to screw this up. Now's the time for us to work on what we all agree to, which is let's keep middle-class taxes low. That's what our economy needs. That's what the American people deserve.” PeopleNeedsImportantDoneClassEconomyMiddleTaxesLowsDeserveAgreeMiddle ClassScrewsWhatever It Takes Author:Barack Obama
“We need to enact fundamental tax reform. The weight and complexity of our 73,000-page tax code are crushing everyday Americans. We need to radically simplify the tax code so that we can re-start the real engine of growth in our economy. That means our tax code needs to go from 73,000 pages down to about three pages.” NeedsMeanRealThreeGrowthEconomyTaxesPagesWeightFundamentalsEverydayReformCodeComplexityCrushEnginesSimplifyTax Reform Author:Carly Fiorina
“I will support a low, flat tax for businesses and individuals so that we fix the tax base and grow the economy.” IndividualGrowsSupportEconomyTaxesLowsFlatsFlat Tax Author:Carly Fiorina
“hy is it you can impose a new tax and keep your economy growing? Only if you cut other taxes by exactly the same amount. The problem with carbon taxes around the world has been you dump a new tax onto the economy and it's just adding more tax.” IfsWorldHas BeensProblemEconomyCuttingGrowingAmountTaxesAround The WorldCarbonDumpCarbon Tax Author:Christy Clark
“After Brexit referendum, our country faces major challenges. Risks to the economy and living standards are growing. The public is split.The government is in disarray. Ministers have made it clear they have no exit plan, but are determined to make working people pay with a new round of cuts and tax rises.” PeopleMadeCountryGovernmentFacesChallengesPayEconomyClearCuttingGrowingPlansRiskTaxesMajorsStandardsRoundsDeterminedOur CountryMade ItMinistersSplitsExitReferendumsDisarrayNo Exit Author:Wes Streeting
“[Donald] Trump and all the Republicans believe in the theory of trickle down economics which is a theory discredited even by the author himself David Stockton. The theory suggests that if we take care of the people at the top, if we cut taxes for the wealthy, if we make sure they are doing really well, then the investments that they make in the economy and the jobs that will create, will make everything grow and it will have a trickle down effect on the rest of us.” PeopleIfsBelieveWellsCareJobsGrowsEconomyCuttingEffectsTheoryTrumpRepublicanTaxesEconomicsInvestmentTake CareWealthyTrickle DownTrickle Down Economics Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“I think companies trying to exercise a so-called inversion should be hit with an exit tax. So I want to change behaviors, and I am deeply distressed about quarterly capitalism, because I think it is causing businesses to make decisions that are not helping the long-term profitability of American corporations or the success of our economy.” ThinkingWantShouldTryingLongHelpingTermDecisionCompanyEconomyExerciseTaxesBehaviorCapitalismCorporationsLong TermExitProfitabilityInversions Author:Hillary Clinton
“In my home state of Indiana we prove every day that you can build a growing economy on balanced budgets, low taxes.” StatesHomeEconomyGrowingProveTaxesLowsBudgetsBalancedIndianaBalanced BudgetHome StateGrowing Economy Author:Mike Pence
“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
“If the economy grows enough, fast enough, the tech system should be modernized so that the tax revenues rise fast enough also, and we should put more money in education.” IfsShouldEnoughGrowsEconomyTaxesMore MoneyRevenue Author:Manmohan Singh
“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
“What I have proposed would be paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy, because they have made all the gains in the economy.” MadeWould BeEconomyTaxesGainsPaidWealthyRaising Taxes Author:Hillary Clinton
“We've seen an economy stifled by more taxes, more regulation, a war on coal and a failing health care reform come to be known as Obamacare and the American people know that we need to make a change.” PeopleKnowsNeedsWarCareKnownEconomyFailingTaxesReformHealth CareRegulationCoalMaking ChangesObamacareHealth Care Reform Author:Mike Pence
“This is a very challenging time in the life of our nation. Weakened America's place in the world after the leadership of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on the world stage has been followed by an economy that is truly struggling, stifled by an avalanche of more taxes, more regulations, Obamacare, the war on coal and the kind of trade deals that put American workers in the back seat.” WorldKindHas BeensWarAmericaNationsChallengesDealsStruggleEconomyStageTaxesTradeClintonWorkersBarackSeatsRegulationCoalObamacarePlaces In The WorldAvalanchesAmerican WorkersChallenging Times Author:Mike Pence
“I just don't think it's good public policy to tax fuel. It's kind of silly. It stops people from traveling and actually costs the economy more money than what you gain in the taxes.” PeopleThinkingKindEconomyPolicyCostTaxesGainsSillyFuelMore MoneyPublic Policy Author:David Neeleman
“I've been able to stretch myself, covering policy, looking at tax reform, looking at the broader economy [being at Fox]. It's no longer [just] about the stock market. I'm having a ball. And, the glamor of TV also makes it fun.” AbleFunEconomyPolicyTvsTaxesBallsReformFoxesCoveringTax Reform Author:Maria Bartiromo
“The reality is the most important thing that can be done are these permanent changes like to the tax code, reduction of government spending. These are the things that pop up in economy and move it in the right direction, start to make it an economy that is moving because of the money in the private economy. When you think about it, when the Fed is lowering an interest rate, what it's doing is it's creating more liquidity. It's putting more money into the economy. The same thing happens when you reduce the tax except if happens from physical policy.” IfsThinkingImportantDoneRealityGovernmentHappensMovingInterestEconomyPolicyTaxesCreatingImportant ThingsRatePopsSpendingThings HappenCodePermanentFedsMore MoneyReductionRight DirectionInterest RateGovernment SpendingLiquidityPermanent Change Author:Rudy Giuliani
“What we do have is a gigantic matching tax-cutting program as a way of stimulating the economy.” WayEconomyCuttingTaxesProgramMatching 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
“Energy is a sector of the economy that has been particularly resistant to innovation. This is precisely the problem. It is why we are still dependant on energy sources that are 100 to 150 years old while virtually every other sector of the economy has transformed itself. This is why we believe that the faith that many environmentalists still hold that carbon regulations and taxes will drive sufficient private sector investment into energy markets to create the kind of innovation we need is unfounded.” NeedsYearsBelieveKindHas BeensStillsProblemEnergyEconomySourceTaxesInnovationInvestmentSufficientTransformedRegulationCarbonPrivate SectorEnvironmentalistEnergy Sources Author:Ted Nordhaus
“If we're going to have a strong and dynamic economy in the years ahead, we need to tackle some of the structural challenges that our economy faces and the tax code is one of the biggest.” IfsNeedsYearsFacesStrongChallengesEconomyTaxesCode Author:Karl Rove
“Grow jobs. Get this economy growing. Raise wages. Simplify the tax system, so it's easy to comply with.” JobsGrowsEasyEconomyGrowingTaxesRaisesWagesSimplifyTax System Author:Paul Ryan
“Trump has been very, very open and clear on what he's going to do. He's going to make the U.S. very competitive on taxes, corporate and personal. He's eliminating policy on carbon and the regulatory environment on shale and energy and pipeline development. These are all things that Canada has to do and we no longer have a competitive environment to do them in. It manifests itself in the slow grind of our economy.” Has BeensEnergyEconomyClearEnvironmentPolicyDevelopmentTrumpTaxesAll ThingsCorporateCanadaCarbonGrindEliminatingPipeline Author:Kevin O'Leary
“If you can clean up the cesspool of the tax code and give us a pro-growth tax code, that is how you grow the economy. That`s how you take power and money out of Washington and give it back to the people and we are so excited. We have a president [Donald Trump] that is here to work with us in doing that.” PeopleIfsGivingGrowsGrowthPresidentEconomyTrumpTaxesCleanExcitedCode Author:Paul Ryan
“The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital from static to more dynamic situations, the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth of the economy.” GrowthDecisionEconomyRiskTaxesGainsFlowDifficultyInvestmentEaseVentureObtainingMobilityCapital GainsNew VenturesCapital Gains Tax Author:John F. Kennedy
“If you want to see where Trump is moving, look at what the United States neoliberals advised Russia to do after 1991, when they promised to create an ideal economy. Russia was under the impression that the neoliberal advisors were going to make Russia as rich as the United States. What they really did was create a kleptocracy that was virtually tax-free.” IfsWantLooksStatesMovingUnitedUnited StatesEconomyRichTrumpTaxesIdealsRussiaImpressionAdvisors Author:Michael Hudson