“In addition to a soaring stock market, 6.6 million jobs have been created since tax relief measures went into effect in 2003. Our deficit situation has also improved as tax revenues have increased at double-digit rates over the past two years.” YearsHas BeensTwoJobsPastSituationMillionsEffectsTaxesRateReliefTwo YearsSoarRevenueDeficitOver The Past Author:Randy Neugebauer
“He's a family man and a businessman. He spent his career building successful companies. Then, he saved the 2002 Olympics and brought pride to our nation. As governor, he balanced the budget, cut taxes, and created jobs. The president America needs is Mitt Romney!” MenNeedsJobsAmericaNationsPresidentCompanyCareersSuccessfulCuttingBuildingPrideTaxesSavedBudgetsBalancedGovernorsOlympicsBusinessmanRomneyFamily ManSuccessful CompanyBudget Cuts Author:Reince Priebus
“Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regulation, and higher taxes.” Has BeensCountryStatesGovernmentJobsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEconomyGrowingHigherTaxesApproachEuropeDebtFocusedSpendingPresident ObamaRegulationRemakes Author:Rob Portman
“By then I was in Brooklyn and drank my way through that summer. I stopped when I got sick of that and got a job at the Strand bookstore, which was a little better than the tax job.” WayLittlesJobsTaxesSummerSickMy WayDrankBrooklynBookstoresStrands Author:Robert Quine
“If someone knows of a job creator anywhere in the world that's looking for a high, complex tax environment or looking for a high regulatory environment, I would like to meet them because I have yet to meet a job creator that's looking for that, and that's what we have.” IfsKnowsWorldJobsEnvironmentTaxesComplexesCreatorJob Creators Author:Marco Rubio
“It is business that generates the jobs, income and taxes that keep a country going.” CountryJobsTaxesIncome Author:Mark Skousen
“There were no jobs created in America from 1945, when the war ended, through 2003. How could there be? Taxes were too high. Preposterously so under Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan (who left office with a 28 percent rate on long-term capital gains) and Bush the Elder.” LongWarJobsAmericaLeftTermTaxesOfficePercentGainsRateLong TermEldersCapital Gains Author:Andrew Tobias
“If we are to create tomorrow's jobs, we can't remain frozen in time in yesterday's tax system.” IfsJobsTomorrowTaxesYesterdayFrozenTax SystemFrozen In Time Author:Bob Taft
“If you look at suburban education in New Jersey and New York, it's pretty strong, intact, doing a pretty good job. You cap taxes for those communities, can we reasonably predict it's going to be as strong 20 years from now?” IfsYearsLooksJobsStrongCommunityNew YorkTaxesGood JobJerseyCapsNew Jersey Author:Dannel Malloy
“It is hard to be enthusiastic about the economy's prospects when house prices are falling: Households spend less, small business owners can't use homes as collateral for loans and local governments are forced to cut jobs and programs as property-tax revenue disappears.” HardUseHomeGovernmentJobsFallHouseEconomyCuttingTaxesProgramPropertyDisappearLocalsOwnersHouseholdSmall BusinessRevenueLoanEnthusiasticProspectsBusiness OwnersLocal GovernmentSmall Business OwnersCollateralProperty TaxesHouse Prices Author:Mark Zandi
“Higher taxes still does not create prosperity for all. And, more government still does not grow jobs.” DoeStillsGovernmentJobsGrowsHigherTaxesProsperity Author:Bobby Jindal
“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
“Providing tax relief and reducing regulations leads to job creation and new economic opportunities for our small businesses, which are the backbone of our economy.” JobsOpportunityEconomyEconomicCreationTaxesReliefRegulationProvidingSmall BusinessReducingBackboneJob Creation Author:Cathy McMorris Rodgers
“Every measurement of where you have more public confidence in creating jobs, American prosperity, controlling crime, health care, providing education, all of these standards, Bill Clinton has considerably higher marks... The sole exception is on protecting taxes, which is initially his attack.” CareJobsCrimeTaxesCreatingStandardsMarkBillsClintonProsperityHealth CareExceptionSoleProvidingMeasurementCreating Jobs Author:Mark Shields
“If you bring [tax] rates down, it makes it easier for small business to keep more of their capital and hire people. And for me, this is about jobs. I want to get America's economy going again. Fifty-four percent of America's workers work in businesses that are taxed as individuals. So when you bring those rates down, those small businesses are able to keep more money and hire more people.” PeopleIfsWantAbleJobsAmericaIndividualEconomyFourEasierTaxesPercentWorkersRateFiftyMore MoneySmall Business Author:Mitt Romney
“Our party [Republicans] has been focused on big business too long. I came through small business. I understand how hard it is to start a small business. That's why everything I'll do is designed to help small businesses grow and add jobs. I want to keep their taxes down on small business. I want regulators to see their job as encouraging small enterprise, not crushing it.” WantLongHas BeensHardHelpingBigsJobsGrowsPartyRepublicanTaxesAddFocusedCrushEnterpriseSmall BusinessBig BusinessRegulators Author:Mitt Romney
“An energy tax punishes senior citizens, it punishes rural Americans, if you use electricity it punishes you. This bill will increase your cost of living and may kill your job.” IfsMayUseJobsEnergyCitizensCostTaxesIncreaseBillsElectricitySeniorSenior CitizenCost Of Living Author:Newt Gingrich
“In the middle of a recession no tax increase is justified because it kills jobs, and any tax increase is a job-killing measure and should be defeated.” ShouldJobsMiddleTaxesIncreaseKillingDefeatedJustifiedRecessionsTax Increases Author:Newt Gingrich
“We must stop spending money that we just don't have. Historic debt leads to historic tax increases, which stifle job growth.” JobsGrowthTaxesIncreaseDebtSpendingHistoricSpending MoneyTax IncreasesJob Growth Author:Kristi Noem
“Our anti-crisis policy is aimed at supporting domestic demand, providing social guarantees for the population, and creating new jobs. Like many countries, we have reduced production taxes, leaving money in the economy. We have optimised state spending.” CountryStatesJobsSocialResponsibilityHistoryPowerSupportEconomySecurityHonestyPolicyCreationCitizensDemandTaxesEconomicsCrisisInvestingProductionsDebtSocialismInternalsExpensesOther CountriesSocial SecurityTaxationReducingNew JobInvesting Money Author:Vladimir Putin
“... giving tax incentives for more labor ownership of company stock will do more to create jobs and increase productivity than all the "emergency full employment" bills proposed.” GivingWisdomJobsPoliticsCompanyEconomyTaxesLaborIncreaseBillsProductivityEmploymentLiberalismOwnershipEmergenciesIncentives Author:Jack Kemp
“If we don't create private sector jobs and just - just creating public sector jobs, we're going nowhere. This is a bad game. You've got to have innovation. You've got to have tax policies that support innovation.” IfsJobsGamesSupportPolicyTaxesCreatingInnovationPrivate SectorPublic SectorBad Games Author:Jack Welch
“We cannot tax the same people we expect to create jobs. That is a recipe for keeping people out of work.” PeopleJobsTaxesRecipes Author:Martha Roby
“Tax cuts create more jobs and this is something we as Republicans have to do a better job of marketing.” JobsCuttingRepublicanTaxesMarketingTax CutsBetter Jobs Author:Pete Sessions
“I talk about the three R's, that jobs equals three R's: Repeal Obamacare. Reform our tax-and-spend policies to make us the most competitive in the world. And relight America with American energy.” WorldJobsAmericaThreeEnergyPolicyTaxesReformObamacare Author:Keith Rothfus
“I think it's time we had a President who will provide the only real economic security: good jobs. A President who will provide middle class payroll tax relief to get money in the pockets of workers who will spend it, not more tax giveaways for those at the top to stimulate the economy in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. A President who will index the minimum wage to inflation and raise it from a 30 year low, not increase the tax burden on the middle class and those struggling to join it.” ThinkingYearsRealJobsPresidentClassStruggleEconomyEconomicMiddleSecurityTaxesLowsIncreaseRaisesWorkersBurdenIslandsReliefMiddle ClassPocketsMinimumGood JobInflationMinimum WageGet MoneyPayrollEconomic SecurityPayroll TaxTax BurdenBermudaCayman Islands Author:John F. Kerry
“The middle classes shouldn’t be getting tax cuts, while those in tough, poorly paid jobs, who are already running out of money at the start of the month, are getting their benefits cut. That’s not one-nation conservatism; it’s two nations conservatism.” TwoRunningJobsNationsClassCuttingMiddleMonthsTaxesBenefitsToughPaidMiddle ClassConservatismTax CutsTwo Nations Author:Tim Montgomerie
“I'm looking at a tax process that will allow people to keep more of their money because we know what happens when job creators get to keep more of their money than they're - they have the confidence to go out and spend that money to create jobs that in turn create wealth.” PeopleKnowsHappensJobsTurnsProcessWealthTaxesCreatorJob Creators Author:Rick Perry
“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
“You wanna be counter-culture? You wanna be a total rebel? Get a job! You wanna be counter-culture, totally alternative, radical? Be a virgin until you get married...to a person of the opposite gender. And then stay married and pump out some kids and pay your taxes and read the Bible, you freak. You'll be just totally a rebel.” PersonsKidsJobsCulturePayTaxesMarriedOppositesGenderRadicalAlternativesRebelFreakVirginsPumpsCounter Culture Author:Mark Driscoll
“I've built companies, I've created jobs, I know the frustration of small businesses with higher taxes.” KnowsJobsCompanyHigherTaxesBuiltFrustrationSmall Business Author:Rick Scott
“Someone is going to have to explain to me at some time how raising taxes on job-creators is going to create more jobs.” JobsTaxesCreatorRaising TaxesJob Creators Author:Jim Jordan
“As [House] speaker, I came back, working with President Bill Clinton. We passed a very Reagan-like program: less regulation, lower taxes. Unemployment dropped to 4.2 percent. We created 11 million jobs.” JobsHousePresidentMillionsTaxesPercentProgramBillsClintonSpeakersRegulationUnemploymentPresident Bill Clinton Author:Newt Gingrich
“I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs.” GivingJobsOpportunityGrowsEnvironmentTaxesCreatingInvestmentMore MoneyImprovingPennsylvaniaCreating JobsCapital Investment Author:Ed Rendell
“Standardized tests are an indicator of the kind of service taxpayers are receiving - and whether schools, educators and policymakers are doing their jobs. In the United States, taxpayers spend almost $600 billion annually on public education, so it's not unreasonable to ask what all that money is producing. In fact, it's irresponsible not to know.” KnowsKindStatesFactsRealitySchoolJobsAsksPoliticsLeadershipWorkJusticeUnitedMoneyEducationUnited StatesPolicyTaxesTestsStrategyBillionsIdeologyReceivingTaxpayersIrresponsibleEducatorUnreasonablePublic EducationIndicators Author:Michelle Rhee
“The fact is that a lot of the spending increases came during the Bush administration. Two unpaid for wars we got ourselves engaged in. A prescription drug plan that added enormous amounts to our spending, and the tax cuts at the high end that did not create jobs and create revenue coming.” TwoWarEndsFactsJobsCuttingPlansAmountDrugTaxesIncreaseSpendingEnormousAdministrationEngagedRevenuePrescriptionsTax CutsPrescription Drugs Author:Nancy Pelosi
“If you look at what's happened to the stock market, if you look at what's happened to housing values, if you look at what's happened to bank loan portfolios because the value of their other assets that they've already issued loans against were going down, there was a pretty good argument for trying to pass something at about this level of investment with the divisions as they were - unemployment, food stamps, and tax cuts, aid to education and healthcare, and job creation.” IfsTryingLooksJobsValuesLevelsCuttingHappenedCreationTaxesArgumentInvestmentAidsDivisionAssetsHealthcareUnemploymentStampsHousingLoanTax CutsPortfoliosJob CreationFood Stamps Author:William J. Clinton
“Tax cuts were not going to be effective at creating jobs, and the job creation record is lousy.” JobsRecordsCuttingCreationTaxesCreatingTax CutsJob CreationCreating Jobs Author:Paul Krugman
“We ought to thank President Bush. He made it a lot easier for people to do taxes this year. No job, no income tax this year.” PeopleYearsMadeJobsPresidentOughtEasierTaxesIncomeMade ItPresident BushIncome Tax Author:Jay Leno
“If you have free universal health care and free education supported by public school taxes, then you have more bargaining power with your bosses, but if everything is privatized, and ordinary Americans have to pay for everything through their wages, then they're at the mercy of their employers. If the workers know they'll be ruined if they lost their jobs, they're not going to be uppity. You want to break their spirit.” IfsKnowsWantCareSchoolJobsSpiritLostPayEducationBreakHealthTaxesOrdinaryMercyUniversalWorkersHealth CareBossWagesRuinedEmployersPublic SchoolBargainingFree EducationUniversal Health Care Author:Michael Lind
“The next Prime Minister walking through that door will be me or Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, you can choose an economy that grows, that creates jobs, that generates the money to ensure a properly funded and improving National Health Service ... and a government that will cut taxes for 30 million hard-working people ... or you can choose the economic chaos of Ed Miliband's Britain.” PeopleHardGovernmentJobsNextGrowsPartyLeaderMillionsEconomyCuttingDoorsEconomicHealthHard WorkWalkingTaxesChaosMinistersBritainLabourPrimeImprovingPrime MinisterLabour PartyHealth ServicesNhs Author:David Cameron
“We can decide that the presence of cancer-causing substances in our air, water, and food is too expensive. A 2009 study, for example, has found that coal miners in Appalachia costs the region five times more in premature deaths, including from cancer, than it provides to the region in jobs, taxes, and economic benefits. In California, the production and use of hazardous chemicals cost the state $2.6 billion in 2004 alone in lost wages and health-care expenses to treat workers and children with pollution-linked diseases.” ChildrenStatesUseCareJobsFoundLostWaterStudyFiveAirEconomicExampleCostTaxesDiseaseBenefitsTreatsEnvironmentalWorkersIncludingCancerProductionsBillionsHealth CareSubstanceCaliforniaExpensiveRegionsExpensesChemicalsPollutionWagesCoalLinkedPrematureMinersAppalachiaCoal MinersPremature Death Author:Sandra Steingraber
“A four percent growth strategy means you fix a convoluted tax code. You get in and you change every aspect of regulations that are job killers. You get rid of Obamacare and replace it with something that doesn't suppress wages and kill jobs.” MeanJobsGrowthFourTaxesPercentAspectStrategyCodeKillersRegulationWagesObamacareConvoluted Author:Jeb Bush
“I spent ten years in the private sector, actually learning how business works. I'm the governor of Ohio, and I inherited a state that was on the brink of dying. And we turned it all around with jobs and balanced budgets and rising credit and tax cuts, and the state is unified, and people have hope again in Ohio.” PeopleYearsStatesJobsCuttingDyingTenTaxesCreditBudgetsRisingBalancedGovernorsPrivate SectorOhioHaving HopeUnifiedTax CutsBalanced Budget Author:John Kasich
“Ninety-nine percent of everyday things are things we don't need - that goes for regular visits to the hairdresser just as it does for clothing. What would it mean if we all consumed 20 percent less? It would be catastrophic. It would mean 20 percent less jobs, 20 percent less taxes, 20 percent less money for schools, doctors, roads. The global economy would collapse.” IfsNeedsMeanDoeWould BeSchoolJobsEconomyTaxesPercentDoctorsEverydayNineClothingsCollapseNinetyConsumedGlobal EconomyNinety NineHairdresserEveryday Things Author:Karl-Johan Persson
“When I write my annual tax column, some ex-IRS agent will complain, "There you go IRS bashing again." They're always saying that they're just doing their job. Someone I know once said, "You could get another job."” KnowsWritingSaidJobsTaxesComplainingAgentsExesColumnsAnnualsIrs Author:Dave Barry
“We are sticking with the plan. We have a plan to get taxes down, to get regulation down, to get productivity up, to create jobs, to reduce taxes, to boost prosperity. The plan is working and we are sticking with it.” JobsPlansTaxesProsperityProductivityRegulationBoost Author:Tony Abbott
“We have to look at for example the increasing globalization of capital, the whole system of transitional capitalism now which has had an impact on black populations - that has for example eradicated large numbers of jobs that black people traditionally have been able to count upon and created communities where the tax base is lost now as a result of corporations moving to the third world in order to discover cheap labor.” PeopleWorldLooksHas BeensWholeAbleJobsMovingOrderLostBlackCommunityResultsNumbersExampleTaxesCapitalismLaborThirdsImpactPopulationCorporationsBlack PeopleGlobalizationThird WorldLarge NumbersCheap Labor Author:Angela Davis
“Simply cutting the taxes for America's wealthiest families is clearly not creating the needed new jobs, and that strategy is unlikely to succeed in the future.” JobsAmericaCuttingNeededSucceedTaxesCreatingStrategyUnlikelyNew Job Author:Tim Johnson
“Most asylum seekers do get permanent visas, so the earlier they receive the appropriate help, the faster they will become part of the community. They'll get jobs and start paying taxes too. They will see Australia as a nation with a sense of care and concern. That's so important for a cohesive society. It helps build a sense of belonging. And in terms of common decency, it's what should be happening... For God's sake, this is Australia, people should be treated with decency and humanity.” PeopleShouldImportantHelpingCareJobsHumanityNationsTermCommunityCommonTaxesHappeningsConcernSakeTreatedFasterPermanentAppropriateAustraliaBelongingDecencySeekersAsylumsVisaPaying TaxesAsylum SeekersCommon DecencyCare And Concern Author:Malcolm Fraser