“Now, the president would like to do tax reform, which would obviously lower rates for most people in America and make the tax code fair and get rid of loopholes and special treatment. But absent tax reform, the president believes the right way to get our fiscal house in order is ask the wealthy to pay their fair share.” PeopleWayBelieveAmericaOrderAsksHousePresidentPayShareSpecialTaxesFairsRateReformCodeTreatmentWealthyRight WayAbsentLoopholesFair ShareTax ReformSpecial Treatment Author:David Plouffe
“When I worked in the White House for President Carter, we tried to do comprehensive tax reform and we made some progress, and other presidents have as well.” WellsMadeHousePresidentWhiteProgressTaxesReformWhite HouseComprehensiveCarterTax ReformPresident Carter Author:David Rubenstein
“The American economy is driven by small business. And there's nothing basically to create incentives for small businesses. We've done no tax reform. They're the highest-taxed group in the country. And corporations can go anywhere they want and do whatever they want. Small businesses have to stay.” WantCountryDoneEconomyGroupsTaxesHighestDrivenReformCorporationsSmall BusinessIncentivesAmerican EconomyTax Reform Author:Ed Rollins
“Rather than passing a thousand pages of tax reform legislation and restarting the tax code manipulation process, we should change the paradigm. It is time to eliminate the IRS and repeal the 16th Amendment.” ShouldProcessThousandTaxesPagesPassingPassingsReformCodeManipulationAmendmentsLegislationParadigmIrsTax Reform Author:Jim Bridenstine
“I'm for tax reform, not tax increases.” TaxesIncreaseReformTax ReformTax Increases Author:Grover Norquist
“When Congress talks of tax reform, grab your wallet and run for cover.” GovernmentRunningTaxesCongressReformWalletsTax Reform Author:Steve Symms
“I'm not feeling undertaxed. Tax reform is an important issue. You have to have an inherent sense of fairness.” ImportantFeelingsIssuesTaxesReformFairnessInherentImportant IssuesTax Reform Author:Stephen A. Schwarzman
“I think in 2012 one of the primary issues that will get a lot of discussion will be comprehensive tax reform.” ThinkingIssuesTaxesReformPrimariesDiscussionComprehensiveTax Reform Author:Tom Reed
“Basically the tax reform ideas are to clean up the tax system and to eliminate the loopholes that only very few make use of, to eliminate the possibility of people making millions of dollars every year and not paying any tax at all through oil depletion allowances and things like that.” PeopleYearsIdeasUseMillionsPossibilityTaxesDollarsCleanOilReformAllowanceLoopholesTax SystemTax Reform Author:Warren Beatty
“Tax reform has been used as a crutch, as a smokescreen and as candy coating for the hard choices that have to be made.” Has BeensMadeHardUsedChoicesTaxesReformCandyCrutchesTax Reform Author:Sir Arthur Sullivan
“Actually, I'm a strong supporter of comprehensive tax reform.” StrongTaxesReformSupporterComprehensiveTax Reform Author:John S. Watson
“I'm in favor of doing tax reform, but I think tax reform ought to be revenue neutral as it was back during the [Ronald] Reagan years. We've resolved this issue.” ThinkingYearsIssuesOughtTaxesFavorsReformRevenueTax Reform Author:Mitch McConnell
“If you don't try to generate more revenues through tax reform, if you don't ask, you know, the most fortunate Americans to bear a slightly larger burden of the privilege of being an American, then you have to - the only way to achieve fiscal sustainability is through unacceptably deep cuts in benefits for middle class seniors, or unacceptably deep cuts in national security.” IfsKnowsWayTryingAsksClassCuttingMiddleAchieveSecurityBearsTaxesBenefitsPrivilegeBurdenReformFortunateMiddle ClassSustainabilitySeniorNational SecurityRevenueTax Reform Author:Timothy Geithner
“The billionaires pay an effective tax rate lower than nurses or truck drivers. That makes no sense at all. There has to be real tax reform, and the wealthiest and large corporations will pay.” RealPayTaxesRateReformCorporationsDriversNurseBeing RealTruckBillionaireTax ReformTruck Driver Author:Bernie Sanders
“[T]ax cuts are not just something that all taxpayers deserve, but also the best way to curb government spending. It is the best kind of tax reform. If the money never reaches the table, Congress can't gobble it up.” IfsWayKindGovernmentCuttingTaxesDeserveTablesCongressSpendingBest WayReformTaxpayersCurbGovernment SpendingTax Reform Author:Zell Miller
“Any substantial tax reform would involve substantial redistributions of tax burdens and substantial changes in asset values, and you need some 'lubrication' (i.e., transition rules).” NeedsValuesTaxesBurdenReformAssetsTransitionTax ReformTax BurdenLubrication Author:Robert Reischauer
“Obama's Democrats have become the part of no. Real cuts to federal budget? No. Entitlement reform? No. Tax reform? No. Breaking the corrupt and fiscally unsustainable symbiosis between public-sector unions and state governments? Hell no.” RealStatesGovernmentHellCuttingTaxesUnionsDemocratReformBudgetsEntitlementState GovernmentPublic SectorTax ReformSymbiosis Author:Charles Krauthammer
“In 2013 Citigroup had profits of $6.4 billion in the United States. They paid no federal income tax and, in fact, received a rebate from the IRS of $260 million. That same year J.P. Morgan had $17.2 billion in profits in the U.S. They also paid no federal income tax. Do you think it's time for tax reform?” ThinkingYearsStatesFactsUnitedMillionsUnited StatesTaxesPaidProfitBillionsIncomeReformIncome TaxIrsTax Reform Author:Bernie Sanders
“We need real tax reform which makes the rich and profitable corporations begin to pay their fair share of taxes. We need a tax system which is fair and progressive. Children should not go hungry in this country while profitable corporations and the wealthy avoid their tax responsibilities by stashing their money in the Cayman Islands.” NeedsShouldChildrenRealCountryPayResponsibilityRichShareTaxesFairsHungryReformCorporationsIslandsWealthyProgressiveProfitableFair ShareTax SystemTax ReformCayman Islands Author:Bernie Sanders
“Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.” ValuesDecisionTaxesReformTax Reform Author:Bill Bradley
“We need to enact fundamental tax reform. The weight and complexity of our 73,000-page tax code are crushing everyday Americans. We need to radically simplify the tax code so that we can re-start the real engine of growth in our economy. That means our tax code needs to go from 73,000 pages down to about three pages.” NeedsMeanRealThreeGrowthEconomyTaxesPagesWeightFundamentalsEverydayReformCodeComplexityCrushEnginesSimplifyTax Reform Author:Carly Fiorina
“We must move from revenue-neutral to revenue-reducing tax reform, because the federal government spends far too much money.” GovernmentMovingToo MuchTaxesReformFederal GovernmentRevenueReducingTax Reform Author:Carly Fiorina
“I think, again, the overall intellectual structure of the speech is very much consistent with what Donald Trump has been saying on the campaign trail. He's against free trade. He's against immigration. But he has been in favor of tax reform, and he has been afraid of - in favor of developing American energy sources like through fracking or hydraulic fracturing.” ThinkingHas BeensEnergySourceTrumpTaxesSpeechIntellectualTradeStructureFavorsCampaignsImmigrationReformDevelopingConsistentTrailsFree TradeEnergy SourcesTax ReformFrackingHydraulic Fracturing Author:Avik Roy
“There are three major political organizations in this country: the Republican Party, the Democratic Party and the Koch Brothers Party. With billions to spend on campaigns. think tanks and 'educational' organizations, the Koch brothers are the most powerful. We must overturn Citizens United, move to public funding of elections and pass real tax reform.” ThinkingRealCountryMovingPoliticalThreeUnitedPowerfulPartyBrotherCitizensRepublicanTaxesMajorsOrganizationElectionDemocraticEducationalBillionsCampaignsReformMost PowerfulRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyFundingTanksTax ReformCitizens United Author:Bernie Sanders
“I've been able to stretch myself, covering policy, looking at tax reform, looking at the broader economy [being at Fox]. It's no longer [just] about the stock market. I'm having a ball. And, the glamor of TV also makes it fun.” AbleFunEconomyPolicyTvsTaxesBallsReformFoxesCoveringTax Reform Author:Maria Bartiromo
“I think [Donald Trump] s got the votes for [tax reform]. I think he's definitely has the Republican votes for it, in House and Senate, and I think he probably has maybe 20 percent of the Democratic vote for it. So he could get it done with a bipartisan majority.” ThinkingDoneHouseTrumpRepublicanTaxesPercentVoteMajorityDemocraticReformSenateGet It DoneBipartisanTax Reform Author:Rudy Giuliani
“The other thing that's really important in tax reform is making sure that we don't tax American businesses at much higher tax rates than our foreign competitors tax theirs. It is costing us jobs. It's one of the reasons all these American companies are moving overseas.” ImportantReasonJobsMovingCompanyHigherTaxesRateReformCompetitorsTax ReformAmerican Business Author:Paul Ryan
“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
“What I always say with these things, when you`re trying to do comprehensive things like tax reform, there will be 20,000 lobbyists in Washington trying to work their will on that piece of legislation so, you know, people think it`s going to be a lot easier than it will end up being.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingEndsPiecesEasierTaxesReformLegislationComprehensiveLobbyistsTax Reform Author:John Yarmuth
“This is again, one of our pieces of our 200-pay plan, part of our very ambitious agenda. We really don`t think we can get the kind of economic growth we could - we had the potential to get without tax reform.” ThinkingKindGrowthPayPiecesPlansEconomicTaxesReformAgendasAmbitiousEconomic GrowthTax Reform Author:Paul Ryan
“We`re working with the administration on working on tax reform. You can go to better.gop and see our blueprint, that`s what we`re working off of. We got to get our tax rates down.” TaxesRateAdministrationReformBlueprintsGopTax Reform Author:Paul Ryan
“You have a sense that [Donald] Trump will probably reimagine where the Republican Party is on that issue and some others. But then I think conservatives may win in some areas, too - tax reform. So it's just - it's an enormously exciting time in terms of the possibilities.” ThinkingMayWinningTermPartyIssuesPossibilityTrumpRepublicanTaxesAreasExcitingReformRepublican PartyTax Reform Author:Margaret Hoover
“The states is where resistance is opposition to Obamacare is taking place. The states is where tax reform is taking place, starting. The states is where whatever opposition to the latest crisis of the day is, be it health care, immigration, or guns. The states - the majority of which have Republican governors - are where this is all being dealt with, and you're not hearing about it. They don't get a lot of press coverage, but that's where this is happening.” StatesCareRepublicanTaxesHappeningsGunCrisisMajorityPressesStartingHearingImmigrationResistanceReformHealth CareOppositionGovernorsObamacareCoverageTax Reform Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. People say, 'Oh, Grover Norquist has power.' No. Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform focus on the tax issue. The tax issue is a powerful issue.” PeoplePowerfulPartyIssuesFocusTaxesReformTeaMost PowerfulAmerican PoliticsTea PartyGroverTax Reform Author:Grover Norquist
“What I heard was that Bush is now positioned to have victory after victory. He'll have Social Security reform passed, that he'll have tax reform passed, that he'll have conservative judges on the courts.” SocialHeardSecurityJudgingVictoryTaxesCourtConservativeReformSocial SecurityTax Reform Author:Pat Robertson