“In a sense, George W. Bush has used the tragedy of the terrorist attacks of September 11th and the nightmarish expansion of his idea of a war on terror to overshadow his actual conduct in office on the redistribution of wealth upward through progressive tax cuts that actually penalize the vast majority of the public, and shift their resources to a narrow band at the very, very top.” IdeasWarUsedWealthCuttingBandTaxesOfficeResourcesTragedyMajorityTerrorTerroristProgressiveSeptemberExpansionSeptember 11War On TerrorTax CutsTerrorist AttacksSeptember 11thRedistribution Of WealthProgressive Tax Author:Sidney Blumenthal
“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
“We can't afford to waste people. We can't afford to have people think the game is over before it's begun. We've got to be saying to the Canadian people: you can't tax cut your way to a productive 21st-century economy. You can talk that talk, but it's not going to give you a productive 21st-century economy, because it will scythe apart the public goods that make prosperity possible. That's what we've got to say, and so we shall.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingGamesEconomyCuttingCenturyTaxesWasteProsperityProductiveGoods21st CenturyTax CutsScythes Author:Michael Ignatieff
“I think that [Barack Obama] does say something that's - that is telling on that score, when he talks about the [George W.] Bush tax cuts and the swap he makes after the midterm elections, which is he doesn't agree with the Bush tax cuts.” ThinkingDoeCuttingTaxesElectionAgreeBarackScoreTax CutsMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Ron Suskind
“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
“Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government.” PeopleGivingGovernmentRolesCuttingTaxesDemocratTax CutsRole Of Government Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Will some reporter, or some Republican on the Sunday shows, please ask why tax cuts raid the non-existent Social Security Trust Fund but all the Democrats' new spending doesn't? Will someone please ask that?” ShowsAsksSocialCuttingSecurityTrustPleaseRepublicanTaxesDemocratSpendingSundayFundReportersSocial SecurityTax CutsTrust Funds Author:Rush Limbaugh
“America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up.” AmericaFormPoliticalDemocracyCuttingPolicyTaxesBenefitsFlowRewardsCorporateRegimesElitesTax CutsOne Direction Author:Bill Moyers
“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
“What Democrats haven't focused on are the kind of policies that would promote economic growth - such as making permanent the 2001/2003 tax cuts, opening up federal lands to more energy production, and reforming government to reduce its burden on business.” KindGovernmentEnergyGrowthCuttingEconomicLandHavensPolicyTaxesDemocratProductionsBurdenFocusedOpeningPermanentEconomic GrowthTax CutsOpening UpEnergy Production Author:Bob Beauprez
“Although there's a lot of focus on the Lib Dems, we need to keep our eyes on the far right of the Tories, who I suspect will become increasingly impatient in their appetite for tax cuts, deregulation and shrinking the state even further.” NeedsStatesEyeFocusCuttingTaxesSuspectsAppetiteImpatientTax CutsShrinkingDeregulation Author:Frances O'Grady
“I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class.” ShouldLastsClassEconomyCuttingMiddleTaxesPercentRaisesMiddle ClassTax Cuts Author:Barack Obama
“In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.” WayInspirationalClassCuttingMiddleTaxesRefuseMiddle ClassOur SocietyMillionaireBillionaireDecemberTax CutsPersonal Leadership Author:Barack Obama
“Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas.” ShouldCuttingTaxesChristmasTax Cuts Author:George Osborne
“To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector and grow government with it. And that's exactly what Obama has in mind with this expiration of Bush tax cuts proposal of his.” MindGovernmentGrowsCuttingTaxesDebtSpendingEnormousBudgetsReignDeficitProposalPrivate SectorTax CutsBudget DeficitDeficit Spending Author:Sarah Palin
“Giving someone a one-time stimulus check, or a one-time tax cut that expires doesn't allow the predictability that business needs.” NeedsGivingCuttingTaxesChecksOne TimeStimulusTax CutsPredictability Author:Rand Paul
“Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.” JobsLostGrowthMillionsClearCuttingEconomicPolicyProduceTaxesFellowsDemocraticFaultsPrioritiesEconomic GrowthTax Cuts Author:Nancy Pelosi
“What we're discussing privately and publicly, is a budget which is a blueprint for the future which creates jobs, which educates our children, which provides healthcare for all Americans, which takes our deficit down, which gives a tax cut for 95% of the American people.” PeopleGivingChildrenJobsCuttingTaxesOur ChildrenBudgetsEducateHealthcareDeficitDiscussingTax CutsBlueprintsBudget Deficit Author:Nancy Pelosi
“The reality is that during the Reagan years, for instance, we doubled the amount of revenue that we were sending to Washington, D.C. after the tax cuts took effect.” YearsRealityCuttingEffectsAmountTaxesInstanceRevenueTax Cuts Author:Mike Pence
“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
“By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class.” LevelsClassCuttingMiddleTaxesClaimsDemocratRateMiddle ClassTax Cuts Author:John Podhoretz