“While big corporations make huge, tax-free profits, taxes for the everyday working person skyrocket. While politicians take free trips around the world, those same politicians cut back food stamps for the poor. While politicians increase their salaries, millions of people are being laid off. I do not understand a government so willing to spend millions of dollars on arms, to explore outer space, even the planet Jupiter, and at the same time close down day care centers and fire stations.” PeopleWorldPersonsBigsGovernmentCareSpacePoorMillionsFireCuttingWillingPlanetsHugeArmsPoliticianTaxesIncreaseDollarsEverydayProfitAround The WorldCorporationsStationsStampsSalaryOuter SpaceJupiterFood StampsBig CorporationsDay CareLaid Off Book:Assata: An Autobiography Source: Assata: An Autobiography
“We [the USA] have a $16 trillion debt which these tax increases will do nothing to solve and you will have at least 200,000 less jobs next year than you have now. And the people who vote for that will be responsible for that decision and they will held accountable for that terrible public policy.” PeopleYearsJobsNextDecisionPolicyTerribleTaxesVoteIncreaseResponsibleSolveDebtUsaNext YearBeing ResponsiblePublic PolicyTax Increases Author:Marco Rubio
“Tax cuts are temporary, tax increases are permanent.” CuttingTaxesIncreasePermanentTemporaryTax CutsTax Increases Author:Neal Boortz
“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
“Trickle down economics is a fraud. Giving tax breaks to the rich and large corporations does not create jobs. It simply makes the rich richer, enlarges the deficit and increases income and wealth inequality. We need economic policies which benefit working families, not the billionaire class.” NeedsGivingDoeJobsWealthClassBreakRichEconomicPolicyTaxesBenefitsEconomicsIncreaseIncomeInequalityCorporationsFraudDeficitBillionaireEconomic PolicyTax BreaksTrickle DownWealth InequalityTrickle Down Economics Author:Bernie Sanders
“The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators until they flee, increase government spending in order to boost employment, promise generous pension plans to keep people voting for failure. Rinse, wash and repeat.” PeopleEnoughStoriesGovernmentJobsOrderGrowsSimpleCitiesPlansPromiseTaxesCapitalismIncreaseCreatorSpendingCampaignsIncomeEmploymentInequalityGenerousRepeatsVotingDetroitBankruptcyBoostPensionGovernment SpendingIncome InequalityJob CreatorsPension Plans Author:Ben Shapiro
“According to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center, Donald Trump`s tax plan is going to increase the national debt by more than 50 percent over ten years.” YearsPlansPolicyTrumpTenTaxesPercentIncreaseDebtAnalysisNational Debt Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“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
“I believe the United States should join the rest of the world through paid family and medical leave. It would cost us a $1.61 a week in an increase in payroll tax.I think that`s a great investment.” ThinkingWorldShouldBelieveStatesI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesWeekCostTaxesIncreasePaidInvestmentMedicalPayrollPayroll Tax Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“We're talking about should we increase taxes? Why not put a tax on carbon emissions. It would raise a lot of money, it would reduce the environmental damages in the future, it would solve so many problems, and it would be a much more constructive thing to do than to think about raising the income tax.” ThinkingShouldProblemWould BeTalkingTaxesIncreaseRaisesEnvironmentalSolveIncomeThings To DoDamageWhy NotLots Of MoneyCarbonConstructiveEmissionsIncome TaxCarbon EmissionsEnvironmental Damage Author:Robert F. Engle
“The president [Barak Obama] had been asked some questions by George Stephanopoulos on a news show about whether it was a tax. And he had given an answer that you might read as him saying it wasn't a tax. I think what he said was, "It isn't a tax increase on all Americans."” ThinkingSaidShowsMightGivenPresidentAnswersTaxesNewsIncreaseTax IncreasesBarak Obama Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“If gambling were banned, those social costs would drop, tax revenues from consumer goods would increase, and money would be pumped into the productive economic sector” IfsWould BeSocialEconomicCostTaxesIncreaseConsumersProductiveGamblingGoodsRevenueBanned Author:John Warren Kindt
“If you're a rich guy, the best thing you can do is demand tax increases on the rich. That way the poor guy will leave you alone. The middle class and the poor will leave you alone.” IfsWayGuyCan DoPoorClassRichMiddleDemandTaxesIncreaseBest ThingsMiddle ClassTax Increases Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Donald Trump is going to lower taxes, Hillary Clinton's going to raise taxes. He's going to add to our military, she's going to decrease our military. He's going to support the police at a time in which we've had the biggest increase in crime in the last 41 years. He's going to take on radical Islamic terrorism.” YearsLastsSupportMilitaryCrimeTrumpTaxesIncreasePoliceRaisesAddClintonTerrorismRadicalIslamicDecreaseIslamic Terrorism Author:Rudy Giuliani
“I think liberals should accept that if we want big programs that significantly reduce inequality - and we should - it's going to require higher taxes on everyone. The rich can certainly do more, especially given their stupendous income increases since the Reagan era, but they can't do it all.” IfsThinkingWantShouldBigsGivenAcceptingRichHigherTaxesProgramIncreaseIncomeInequalityEras Author:Kevin Drum
“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 don't hear anything from Trump about tax increases. I hear tax cuts from him. I hear tax reform from him.” CuttingTrumpTaxesIncreaseReformTax CutsTax ReformTax Increases Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I don't want to increase taxes, I just want taxes to be paid honestly.” WantTaxesIncreasePaidHonestly Author:Narendra Modi
“There is no need to increase the taxes. India can run without troubling the citizens.” NeedsRunningCitizensTaxesIndiaIncrease Author:Narendra Modi
“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
“In Quebec, we can no longer increase taxes if we want to stay competitive.” IfsWantTaxesIncreaseQuebec Author:Philippe Couillard
“Bush the Elder's stature as president grows with every passing year. He was the finest foreign policy president I've ever covered and a man who defied his party on tax increases while imposing budget restrictions on the Democrats.” MenYearsGrowsPresidentPartyPolicyTaxesIncreaseDemocratPassingPassingsBudgetsCoveredForeign PolicyFinestEldersRestrictionImposingStatureTax Increases Author:Joe Klein
“Now this is a way to approach our healthcare problems: increase the number of tax collectors and decrease the number of doctors - brilliant!” WayProblemNumbersTaxesApproachDoctorsIncreaseBrilliantHealthcareCollectorsDecrease Author:Charles Krauthammer
“It has always amazed me how tax cuts don't work until they take effect. Mr. Obama's experience with deferred tax rate increases will be the reverse. The economy will collapse in 2011.” EconomyCuttingEffectsTaxesIncreaseRateCollapseReverseAmazedTax Cuts Author:Arthur Laffer
“President Obama has admitted that Medicare is on an unsustainable course and that no amount of tax increases can fix it.” CoursesPresidentAmountTaxesIncreasePresident ObamaMedicareTax Increases Author:David Limbaugh
“During the campaign for re-election, Barack Obama at least made vague references to a willingness to accept $3 trillion of reduced spending in exchange for a $1 trillion dollar tax increase.” MadeAcceptingTaxesIncreaseElectionDollarsSpendingCampaignsBarackWillingnessVagueTax Increases Author:Bob Beauprez
“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
“I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” YearsI CanFormFamilyPlansTaxesGainsIncreaseIncomeFirmPledgeIncome TaxPayrollTax IncreasesCapital GainsPayroll TaxCapital Gains Tax Author:Barack Obama
“But let me perfectly clear, because I know you'll hear the same old claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase on the American people: if your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsMeanFamilyBreakClearTaxesLet MeClaimsIncreaseRepeatsMassiveRollingDimesTax BreaksTax Increases Author:Barack Obama
“For my constituents, owning a home is the culmination of many years of hard work and the realization of the American Dream. At no time should a local entity take those years of hard work solely to increase their tax revenue.” ShouldYearsHardHomeDreamHard WorkTaxesIncreaseLocalsRealizationAmerican DreamEntityRevenueConstituentsCulminationOwning A Home Author:Solomon Ortiz
“War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.” HumansWarEndsWisdomMotivationCertainMoneyProgressOne ThingCircumstancesTaxesIncreaseTrainUnforeseenHuman Wisdom Author:Thomas Paine
“Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers.” ShouldMeanSimpleGenerationsPoliticianPureTaxesIncreaseSpendingExposedDeficitFuture GenerationHikerTax IncreasesDeficit Spending Author:Ron Paul