“Speaking of tax fairness, it was Senator Kerry who voted to increase the income tax on senior citizens on Social Security, earning as little as $32,000 a year.” YearsLittlesSocialSecurityCitizensTaxesIncreaseIncomeFairnessSenatorsEarningSeniorSocial SecurityIncome TaxSenior Citizen Author:William Weld
“My opponent Senator Menendez and his colleagues are pursuing what I consider a Jon Corzine economic policy. Higher taxes, more spending, more debt.” EconomicPolicyHigherTaxesDebtSpendingOpponentsSenatorsColleaguesEconomic Policy Author:Joe Kyrillos
“Certainly, the job of a U.S. senator is to create a climate conducive to creating jobs, which is lower taxes and less government regulation. What Harry Reid has been doing is putting forward those policies that actually put more regulation on business.” Has BeensGovernmentJobsPolicyTaxesCreatingClimateRegulationSenatorsGovernment RegulationCreating Jobs Author:Sharron Angle
“Here in Iowa, as a state senator, I have worked hard to find solutions that work for our state and as a result we've reduced taxes and lowered the unemployment rate. We have done that through hard work and sticking to our Iowa values. In the final months of this campaign I'll be asking voters to send me, and those Iowa values, to Washington, D.C.” HardStatesDoneValuesResultsHard WorkMonthsTaxesSolutionsAskingFinalsRateCampaignsVotersSenatorsUnemploymentIowaUnemployment Rate Author:Joni Ernst
“Senator McCain believes there ought to be a limit to how much the government can take from anybody, and he believes that today with the federal tax rate at 35 percent that that's more than the government ought to be taking from any individual regardless of how much they make.” BelieveGovernmentTodayIndividualOughtLimitsTaxesPercentRateSenatorsMccainFederal Taxes Author:Karl Rove
“79 senators, including that great conservative Elizabeth Warren, said they didn't like the medical device tax, so we will go at that law - which in my view is the single worst piece of legislation passed in the last half century - in every way that we can.” WaySaidLastsLawViewsHalfPiecesWorstCenturyTaxesIncludingConservativeMedicalDevicesSenatorsLegislationGreat Conservative Author:Mitch McConnell
“You can get a coalition of senators from particular states in America, for example, who want to construct highways or dams or ports which may well be very inefficient. The taxes would be paid by the people over the whole country, but the benefits would go to the few people in those particular locations. This type of spending is a rather gross waste of resources that worsened over the years as the government has been allowed to do more particularized things.” PeopleWantYearsWellsMayHas BeensCountryStatesWholeGovernmentWould BeAmericaExampleParticularTypeTaxesWasteBenefitsResourcesPaidSpendingSenatorsLocationConstructsGrossHighwaysPortCoalitionsDams Author:James M. Buchanan