The moral argument is that we give big business a huge tax break, and why do we do it? To get their jobs. – Sam Brownback
As president, I would promote a Fair and Flat Tax plan, known as the ‘EZ Tax.’ My tax plan would be the largest tax cut in American history, reforming individual, business, and worker taxes. – Rand Paul
When you tax capital gains income, you don’t help the economy, you hurt the economy, which is why President Kennedy, President Reagan, President Clinton and President Bush all believed we should have a lower rate for capital gains. – Rob Portman
Marginal tax rates are the lowest they’ve been in generations, and all we can talk about is tax cuts. – Patrick McHenry
Unlike every other retirement vehicle, such as IRAs and 401(k)s, you receive a tax deduction for making contributions to your HSA but don’t have to pay income taxes on withdrawals. – Paul Zane Pilzer
I quit the tax job then and decided that I was going to play in a band. I answered ads in the Village Voice and went through two days of auditioning for bands. – Robert Quine
Rather than support workers at home or investments in public schools, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan support the Bush-era tax cuts for the very wealthy. They want to hand over our schools to private corporations. – Randi Weingarten
Puerto Rico loses out on billions of dollars annually because it is treated unequally under a range of federal programs, including tax credits available to millions of households in the States that do not pay federal income taxes. – Pedro Pierluisi
And my response is 70,000 people in the state of Maine that paid income tax in 2011 will not be paying income tax in 2012. – Paul LePage
The death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner. It is also an unfair tax because the assets have already been taxed once at their income level. – Ric Keller
Americans know that we cannot tax and spend our way out of a recession, yet Democrats can’t grasp this simple fact. – Pete Sessions
We must have a fair tax in the United States. We have to re-adjust it, we must be fiscally responsible. – Peter Camejo
My tax dollar, which goes to New York State Council on the Arts, is by and large only spent to fund people from the state of New York! And you want to be the cultural capital of the world? – Robert Wilson
Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy. – Sam Brownback
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. – Randy Neugebauer
He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. – The Bible Matthew 9:9
Giving someone a one-time stimulus check, or a one-time tax cut that expires doesn’t allow the predictability that business needs. – Rand Paul
I’ve worked as grocery store cashier; I’ve worked at a bank call center and as a Lady Liberty for Liberty Tax Service dancing around with the sign for a while. – Ron Funches
Quality health care services must be accessible and affordable for all – not just those in certain ZIP codes or tax brackets. – Rick Scott
Over the past two years, the House has passed more than 50 measures focused on stimulating the economy and expanding opportunities for American workers. The tax relief provisions in this package have been an important part of our pro-growth agenda. – Roger Wicker
One tax dodge often used by multi-national companies is to squirrel their earnings abroad in foreign subsidiaries located in countries where taxes are lower. – Robert Reich
It is irresponsible for this Congress to not investigate the President’s lack of an exit strategy, and the fraud, waste, and abuse of U.S. tax dollars. – Russ Carnahan
Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers. – Ron Paul
Donald Trump did exactly what he said he’d do on the campaign trail and frankly what we should have more of, which is luring companies to stay here by easing regulations, by lowering the tax burden so that more Americans can have U.S. jobs. – Sean Spicer
We must reign in overspending by ridding government of outmoded programs, making Big Oil pay their fair share, repealing massive tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs overseas, and enacting a tax code that no longer favors millionaires and billionaires. – Paul Tonko
Congress had the opportunity to extend tax relief to working families without increasing the deficit. Instead, we were handed a bill that favors the wealthy and eliminates deductions that benefit the middle class. – Rick Larsen