“The focus, to my mind, is to make sure that Donald Trump does not become president of the United States. I think by temperament he is unqualified to be president. I think his views - you have a guy who's running for president who rejects science, doesn't even believe climate change is real, let alone wants to do something about it, wants to give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the top two-tenths of one percent.” ThinkingWantGivingMindBelieveDoeTwoRealStatesRunningGuyPresidentUnitedViewsBreakUnited StatesFocusTrumpTaxesPercentDollarsClimateClimate ChangeBillionsRejectsTemperamentUnqualifiedTax Breaks Author:Bernie Sanders
“Mitt Romney, maybe the most moral and decent man who's ever run for president, ended up being a murderer, somebody who didn't care about animals, and a tax cheat.” MenCareRunningPresidentAnimalMoralTaxesDecentCheatMurdererRomneyDecent Man Author:Rush Limbaugh
“For 40 years, everyone running for president has released their tax returns. You can go and see nearly, I think, 39, 40 years of our tax returns, but everyone has done it.” ThinkingYearsDoneRunningPresidentReturnTaxesTax Returns Author:Hillary Clinton
“You may have heard that Donald Trum has long refused to release his tax returns, the way every other nominee for president has done for decades. You can look at 40 years of my tax returns. I think we need a law that says, if you become the nominee of the major parties, you have to release your tax returns.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsYearsLooksMayLongDoneLawPresidentPartyHeardReturnTaxesMajorsDecadesReleaseTax Returns Author:Hillary Clinton
“Donald Trump must give the American public his tax returns to show that he's qualified to be president and he's breaking his promise.” GivingShowsPresidentReturnTrumpPromiseTaxesQualifiedTax Returns Author:Tim Kaine
“America should really wonder about a President Trump, who had a campaign manager with ties to Putin, pro-putin elements in the Ukraine who had to be fired for that reason. They should wonder when Donald Trump is sitting down with Vladimir Putin, is it going to be America's bottom line, or is it going to be Donald Trump's bottom line he's going to be worried about with all of his business dealings. This would be solved if Donald Trump would release his tax returns as he's told the American public that he would do.” IfsShouldReasonWould BeAmericaPresidentLinesWonderReturnTrumpTaxesElementsSittingBottomCampaignsReleaseManagersWorriedTiesBottom LinePutinUkraineSitting DownDealingsTax Returns Author:Tim Kaine
“Donald Trump started this campaign in 2014 he said if I run for president I'll absolutely release my taxes.” IfsSaidRunningPresidentTrumpTaxesCampaignsRelease Author:Tim Kaine
“So many theories. But all of them have one thing in common: They demonstrate that although Trump isn’t much of a businessman, he is rich enough to hire good tax attorneys who will hand over huge stacks of forms for him to sign blindly. That’s a helluva qualification for president, isn’t it?” EnoughHandsFormPresidentCommonRichOne ThingTheoryHugeTrumpTaxesBusinessmanAttorneyQualifications Author:Kevin Drum
“Donald Trump is the first candidate ever to run for president in the last 40-plus years who has not released his tax returns, so everything he says about charity or anything else, we can't prove it.” YearsFirstsRunningLastsPresidentReturnTrumpProveTaxesCharityCandidatesPlusProve ItTax Returns Author:Hillary Clinton
“When it comes to economics, president-elect [Donald] Trump has promised to revive American manufacturing, get tough on trade with China, cut taxes and invest in infrastructure.” PresidentCuttingTrumpTaxesToughEconomicsTradeChinaInfrastructureManufacturingRevive Author:Judy Woodruff
“The president elect [Donald Trump] says that will lead to more investment and growth. Skeptics say the tax plan would explode deficits.” GrowthPresidentPlansTrumpTaxesInvestmentDeficitSkeptic Author:Kelly McEvers
“It's the first time in U.S. history a presidential candidate has not revealed his tax returns, or a president.I think that the poll ratings are in the gutter right now, right? Donald Trump's, even before he's been inugurated.” ThinkingFirstsPresidentReturnTrumpRight NowTaxesFirst TimePresidentialCandidatesPollsRatingPresidential CandidateGuttersTax Returns Author:Katrina vanden Heuvel
“Most Americans are very focused on what their tax returns will look like while President Trump is in office, not what his look like.” LooksPresidentReturnTrumpTaxesOfficeFocusedTax Returns Author:Kellyanne Conway
“We want to have trade agreements that give us a level playing field, get other countries to respect the rule of law, intellectual property rights, lower their taxes to our barriers, that`s good for us, and that is something that I do believe that President [Donald] Trump agrees with.” WantGivingBelieveCountryLawPresidentLevelsRightsFieldsTrumpTaxesIntellectualAgreeTradePropertyBarriersAgreementOther CountriesRule Of LawProperty RightsPlaying FieldsIntellectual PropertyTrade AgreementsLevel Playing Field Author:Paul Ryan
“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
“Imagine in what the president [Donald trump] wants to do, the 400 wealthiest families in America will get a tax break of $7 million a year.” WantYearsAmericaPresidentBreakMillionsImagineTrumpTaxesTax Breaks Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Trump has said that he wants to remove the tax deductibility of interest. If he can do that, fine. But I hope that Trump knows that it's not the President that sets tax policy. It's Congress.” IfsKnowsWantSaidPresidentInterestCan DoPolicyFineTrumpTaxesCongressRemove Author:Michael Hudson
“When we remember presidents who didn't fulfill their promises - for instance George H.W. Bush saying no new taxes or Barack Obama saying he would close the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay - we remember those because they're the exceptions, not the rule.” RememberPresidentPromiseTaxesInstanceBarackExceptionFacilitySaying NoDetentionGuantanamoGuantanamo BayGeorge H W Bush Author:Evan Osnos
“I faced a lot of criticism as president. I didn't like hearing people claim that I lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction or cut taxes to benefit the rich. But the suggestion that I was racist because of the response to Katrina represented an all-time low.” PeoplePresidentRichCuttingTaxesBenefitsWeaponsMassLowsCriticismDestructionClaimsResponseIraqHearingAll TimeRacistSuggestionsLiedWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionKatrinaAll Time Low Author:George W. Bush
“We cut tax exemptions in 1986, it was the most admired tax reform in U.S. history. Congress and the president worked together then to eliminate scores of loopholes and exemptions and deductions; this made taxes much simpler, and allowed a major cut in tax rates.” TogetherPresidentCuttingTaxesRate Author:T.R. Reid
“President Trump repeatedly says that "America is the highest-taxed country in the world." This is an alternative fact. We pay less in taxes, and our government spends less, as a share of our total wealth, than our counterparts in Western Europe and East Asia. But Trump is right when it comes to corporate tax rates; the U.S. corporate income tax right is among the highest in the world.” WorldCountryPresidentWealthShareTaxesWesternRateIncome Tax Author:T.R. Reid
“Lots of people commit crimes and don't get arrested. That's not the measure. But if you're going to be the president of the United States, we're reasonably going to put you under a microscope. And Donald Trump's tax behavior is absolutely important to understanding, is he qualified, is he morally fit, is he capable, is he trustworthy to have everything from the powers of federal law enforcement to the nuclear codes?” PeopleImportantUnderstandingPresidentCrimeFitTaxesBehaviorCapableCommitCodeLaw EnforcementTrustworthy Author:Hillary Clinton
“The income tax only taxed the Rockefellers, the Morgans and the Vanderbilts. It was aimed at the top 4 percent, and the top rate then in 1913, was 7 percent. Woodrow Wilson had a big ceremony and said, "I'm delighted to be president at the creation of this popular new tax."” PresidentCreationTaxesRateCeremonyIncome Tax Author:T.R. Reid
“We really believe that we can bring about changes in the tax code that will make America more attractive for investment and job creation and business. But the president has also made it very clear that he wants to put - he wants to put new elements in the tax code that are going to have companies pay a price if they decide to take jobs out of the country and then sell their goods back into the United States.” BelieveCountryPresidentCreationTaxesInvestmentCodeAttractive Author:Mike Pence
“The president made it clear that he expected Congress, while they take action to repeal the most corrosive elements of Obamacare, the taxes, the mandates, things that are suppressing job creation and driving up the premiums for working families across the country.” CountryActionPresidentCreationTaxesDriving Author:Mike Pence
“For President Donald Trump, questions about transparency start with his taxes, and why he's breaking with tradition and not releasing his returns.” PresidentTaxesTraditionTransparency Author:John Yang
“Donald Trump is the first president in more than 40 years not to make his tax returns public. The president says only reporters care about the issue.” CarePresidentTaxes Author:John Yang
“President Obama, I voted for him. I think he's a mature politician, but here's what happened. Obama wanted a green economy. He spent billions of dollars of tax money to create a green economy and it didn't happen. The question is why.” ThinkingPresidentEconomyPoliticianTaxesMaturePresident Obama Author:Jeremy Rifkin
“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
“Trump himself stands to benefit dramatically from the tax cuts. One of the things they're cutting is the alternative minimum tax. Last time we have tax returns for him was in 2005, where he paid about $31 million because of the alternative minimum tax. He won't have to pay that, if this tax bill goes through. So, not only is he reordering our constitutional democracy, he is personally enriching himself - which is not new, because, of course, he's done it ever since he swore an oath to become president of the United States.” DonePresidentDemocracyCuttingTaxesLast TimeOath Author:Keith Ellison
“When the president talks about tax reform, he talks about the people who will benefit. He talks about American jobs. He talks about the fact that we're going to be taking money that's overseas and bringing it back to the United States so that it will employ American workers. I think that focus again on the American working and middle class is- is-is to me the most thoughtful and, in some ways, the most genius part of Trump's approach to politics.” PeopleThinkingPresidentFocusGeniusTaxesThoughtfulMiddle Class Author:James Vance
“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
“Obama's health care plan will be written by a committee whose head, John Conyers, says he doesn't understand it. It'll be passed by Congress that has not read it, signed by a president who smokes, funded by a Treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, overseen by a Surgeon General who is obese, and financed by a country that's nearly broke. What could possibly go wrong?” CountryCarePresidentPayPlansWrittenTaxesCongressChiefsSmokeBrokeHealth CareCommitteesSurgeonsTreasuryObese Author:Rush Limbaugh
“No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.” WellsLongPresidentPartyBreakDemocracyTaxesCongressRefuseMathSpendingCompromiseWealthyAlliesGovernorsDeficitMonopolyRomneyTax BreaksGovernor Romney Author:Barack Obama
“I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 - the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president; the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and a lot of millionaires to boot.” WantJobsAsksPresidentSimplePayMillionsEconomyHigherTaxesFairsBillsClintonRateIncomeReformCodeBootsHouseholdMillionaireSurplusNew Job Author:Barack Obama
“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
“And I think most people in this country want to see a president that's got the courage to say we're going to cut the tax burden, and reduce the regulatory climate, and we're going to get Americans working.” PeopleThinkingWantCountryPresidentCuttingTaxesClimateBurdenTax Burden Author:Rick Perry
“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. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” IfsHumorGovernmentMovingPoliticalPoliticsPresidentFreedomViewsLibertyEconomyEconomicMilitaryPoliticianTaxesEconomicsConservativeLibertarianSocialismCommunismPresidentialWelfarePhrasesLiberalismPatrioticLibertarianismTaxationKeep MovingFreedom And LibertyIncome TaxFreedom LibertyProperty RightsLimited GovernmentBig GovernmentSubsidiesAmerican GovernmentFree GovernmentGovernment SpendingLimited FreedomPolitical WillUs PresidentPolitical ViewGreat LibertarianTax DayAmerican EconomyAmerica FreedomGreat Veterans DayRepublican GovernmentGovernment And SocietyTaxes FunnyGreat PoliticalEconomy And EconomicsStrong EconomyFuture Of AmericaBest PoliticalGreat ConservativeGovernment And BusinessGovernment WelfareRussian Economy Author:Ronald Reagan
“And let me make this very clear - unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president, I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage. And I will guarantee America's first liberty: the freedom of religion.” FirstsAmericaPresidentLibertyClassClearMiddleHonorProtectTaxesLet MeRaisesInstitutionsGuaranteesMiddle ClassPresident ObamaSanctityFreedom Of ReligionSanctity Of Life Author:Mitt Romney
“Taxes are important. President Bush's tax proposals leave no rich person behind. Voters approve of President Bush helping the kind of people they wish they were one of.” PeopleKindPersonsImportantHelpingLiteratureWishPresidentBehindsRichTaxesVotersProposalPresident BushRich Person Author:Andy Rooney