Tax Cuts Quotes:

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.

- Barack Obama

topic: Inspirational, Cutting, Class, Personal Leadership, Tax Cuts

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.

- Sarah Palin

source: "Sarah Palin Talks Immigration, Economy and Political Future". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. August 01, 2010.

topic: Cutting, Government, Mind, Deficit Spending, Tax Cuts

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

- Arthur C. Clarke

source: "The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners". Book by Geoff Tibballs (p. 264), 2004.

topic: Zero, Funny Life, Business, Income Tax, Measure Of A Man

We could quite easily, Republicans and Democrats working together, do something that everybody in America desires, and that is a simplification of our Tax Code.

- Richard Neal

topic: America, Desire, Together, Simplification, Tax Cuts

By the way, my tax cut is the biggest since Ronald Reagan. I'm very proud of it.

- Donald Trump

source: "Presidential debate transcript: Trump and Clinton, verbatim" by Evan Vucci and Julio Cortez, www.macleans.ca. September 26, 2016.

topic: Cutting, Proud, Way, Tax Cuts

Tax cuts create more jobs and this is something we as Republicans have to do a better job of marketing.

- Pete Sessions

topic: Jobs, Cutting, Marketing, Better Jobs, Tax Cuts

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.

- Bill Moyers

topic: Cutting, One Direction, America, Tax Cuts

If you're really concerned about deficits, you cannot take seriously a budget that would give $30 billion a year worth of tax cuts to not just the top 1 percent but the top 0.1 percent.

- Barack Obama

topic: Cutting, Years, Giving, Tax Cuts

I could never allow [tax] cuts that devastate education for our children, that pollute our environment, that end the guarantee of health care for those who are served under Medicaid, that end our duty or violate our duty to our parents through Medicare. I just couldn't do that. As long as I'm president, I'll never let it happen.

- William J. Clinton

topic: Children, Cutting, Long, Tax Cuts

The Democratic Party opposes tax cuts but it cannot say so publicly. Thus, it is forced to support the idea of lowering the tax burden but using class warfare rhetoric to dispute the allocation of the relief.

- Dick Morris

topic: Party, Cutting, Class, Class Warfare, Allocation

Well the thinking is we have the highest tax rate in the world. In the entire world, we have the highest tax rate. There's gridlock in Washington because there's no leadership. So what I'm doing is a large tax cut especially for the middle class and they're gonna- we're going to have a dynamic country. We're going to have dynamic economics. And it's going to be something really special. And people are going back to work.

- Donald Trump

source: Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

topic: Country, Cutting, Thinking, Gridlock, Going Back To Work

Regarding the Economy & Taxation: America's most successful achievers do pay a higher share of the total tax burden. The top one percent income earners paid 18 percent of the total tax burden in 1981, and paid 25 percent in 1991. The bottom 50 percent of income earners paid only 8 percent of the total tax burden, and paid only 5 percent in 1991. History shows that tax cuts have always resulted in improved economic growth producing more tax revenue in the treasury.

- Rush Limbaugh

topic: Cutting, Successful, America, Achiever, Tax Burden

They have two aspects. One is that they're unpredictable, and that often rich and more affluent households are slow to spend the funds. The other thing about tax cuts is that they're redistributive. So they tend, naturally, to benefit those who pay tax.

- Judy Woodruff

source: Source: www.pbs.org

topic: Cutting, Two, Benefits, Affluent, Tax Cuts

A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic illness.

- George W. Bush

topic: Humor, Cutting, Political, Tax Cuts

I've been told that some members of Congress disagree with my tax cut proposal. Well, you know it's been said that taxation is the art of plucking feathers without killing the bird. It's time they realized the bird just doesn't have any feathers left.

- Ronald Reagan

source: Reagan, Ronald (1982). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981”, p.179, Best Books on

topic: Art, Cutting, Bird, Tax Cuts

New rumors that Saddam Hussein is planning to flee to a castle in Libya with 10 billion dollars. Now President Bush doesn't know whether to nuke him or give him a tax cut.

- Craig Kilborn

topic: Cutting, Giving, President, Libya, Nukes

On Capitol Hill, the Republican-controlled House voted mostly along party lines tonight to pass President Bush's federal budget blueprint. This includes his big tax cut plan, partly bankrolled, critics say, through cuts in many federal aid programs for children and education.

- Dan Rather

topic: Children, Party, Cutting, Capitol Hill, Tax Cuts

I'm Bill Clinton and I think you deserve a change. That's why I've offered a plan to get the economy moving again, starting with a middle-class tax cut.

- William J. Clinton

topic: Moving, Cutting, Thinking, Tax Cuts

From New Hampshire forward, for reasons that absolutely mystified me, the press thought the most important issue in the race was the middle class tax cut. I never did meet any voter who thought that.

- William J. Clinton

topic: Cutting, Race, Class, Tax Cuts, New Hampshire

Recalling that a good chunk of the 47 percent who don't pay income taxes are Romney supporters - especially of course seniors (who might well 'believe they are entitled to heath care,' a position Romney agrees with), as well as many lower-income Americans (including men and women serving in the military) who think conservative policies are better for the country even if they're not getting a tax cut under the Romney plan. So Romney seems to have contempt not just for the Democrats who oppose him, but for tens of millions who intend to vote for him.

- William Kristol

topic: Senior, Country, Military, Chunks, Tax Cuts

Mark Kirk: Lied about going to war. Opposed middle class tax cuts. And said unemployment's not that big an issue.

- Alexi Giannoulias

topic: War, Cutting, Class, Going To War, Tax Cuts

The best way to encourage economic vitality and growth is to let people keep their own money.When you spend your own money, somebody's got to manufacture that which you're spending it on. You see, more money in the private sector circulating makes it more likely that our economy will grow. And, incredibly enough, some want to take away part of those tax cuts. They've been reading the wrong textbook. You don't raise somebody's taxes in the middle of a recession. You trust people with their own money. And, by the way, that money isn't the government's money; it's the people's money.

- George W. Bush

topic: Reading, Cutting, Government, Tax Cuts

You [Hillary Clinton] are going to approve one of the biggest tax cuts in history.

- Donald Trump

source: Source: time.com

topic: Cutting, Clinton, Taxes, Tax Cuts

I think it's important to look at what we need to do to get the economy going again. That's why I said new jobs with rising incomes, investments, not in more tax cuts that would add $5 trillion to the debt.

- Hillary Clinton

source: "The first Trump-Clinton presidential debate transcript, annotated". www.washingtonpost.com. September 26, 2016.

topic: Jobs, Cutting, Thinking, Tax Cuts

Conservatives need to figure out a way to motivate by reason and persuade through emotion. Meaning that when they talk about our issues, it can't come from a selfish place - "Give me a tax cut. Where's my tax cut." We have to get back to that "shining city on the hill."

- Andrea Tantaros

source: "What Republicans Must Do: Interview with Andrea Tantaros (Guest Interview)". Interview with Bill Steigerwald, themoderatevoice.com. January 24, 2009.

topic: Selfish, Cutting, Cities, Tax Cuts

I wonder... if the Republican Party really wants to be branded right now as the party of tax cuts and torture? I mean that's what they're selling.

- Chris Matthews

topic: Party, Mean, Cutting, Tax Cuts

It was absolutely critical to renew the Bush tax cuts. Letting them expire would result in a massive tax increase that would retard economic growth.

- Mitt Romney

topic: Cutting, Growth, Economic, Retard, Tax Cuts

Republicans favor tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, but these had no stimulative effect during the George W. Bush administration, and there is no reason to believe that more of them will have any today. As for the idea that cutting regulations will lead to significant job growth, it's just nonsense. It's just made up.

- Bruce Bartlett

source: "Studies challenge wisdom of GOP candidates' plans". www.washingtonpost.com. October 30, 2011.

topic: Jobs, Believe, Cutting, Job Growth, Tax Cuts

Even if Bush could be forgiven for taking America, and much of the rest of the world, to war on false pretenses, and for misrepresenting the cost of the venture, there is no excuse for how he chose to finance it. His was the first war in history paid for entirely on credit. As America went into battle, with deficits already soaring from his 2001 tax cut, Bush decided to plunge ahead with yet another round of tax "relief" for the wealthy.

- Joseph Stiglitz

source: "The True Cost of 9/11" by Joseph Stiglitz, www.slate.com. September 1, 2011.

topic: War, Cutting, America, Tax Cuts

I kid the Republicans, with love. I feel bad for them. They got nobody for next time. Who are they gonna run? Sarah Palin, reading off her hand. Did you see that? You saw this? She wrote "tax cuts" on her hand. A Republican so stupid she has to be reminded of the one thing - Tax cuts! This is like if you saw the coyote's paw and it said "Road Runner".

- Bill Maher

source: "Bill Maher... But I'm Not Wrong". Documentary, Comedy, 2010.

topic: Running, Stupid, Reading, Road Runner, Tax Cuts

And then you've got Lieberman, who is for the war. And thinks the tax cuts could really help. He's basically for people who want to vote for Bush but don't think Bush is Jewish enough.

- Jon Stewart

topic: War, Cutting, Thinking, Tax Cuts

Why would we want to keep a tax cut that's failed? Why would we not want to go back to the Clinton tax code? And why would we not want to help every family more with a health-care plan like mine? Let's help average people. Let's be Democrats.

- Dick Gephardt

topic: Tax Cuts

All Democrats for the last 30 years have tried to stimulate the economy by giving 'tax cuts' to people who don't pay taxes.

- Ann Coulter

topic: Cutting, Years, People, Tax Cuts

Hearing politicians tell us we can't afford a tax cut is like listening to a glutton tell you he can't afford a diet. In no other context do people talk about paying for money they don't have. I can't pay for your refusal to give me money because I need a yacht.

- Ann Coulter

topic: Cutting, People, Giving, Tax Cuts

I cannot in good conscience vote in favor of tax cuts, irrespective of their size, or to which segment of the population they are targeted. Nor can I support any spending increases that are not related to improving our nation's defense from the obvious and serious threats facing us today.

- John McCain

source: "Senators Debate Alternatives to Full Tax Cut". www.foxnews.com. March 18, 2003.

topic: Cutting, Support, Population, Tax Cuts

There's one big difference between me and the others - I won't take every last dime of the surplus and spend it on tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy. I'll use the bulk of the surplus to secure Social Security far into the future to keep our promise to the greatest generation.

- John McCain

source: "Transcripts World Today Bush Pounds Tax Message Home in Iowa". cnn.com. January 14, 2000.

topic: Cutting, Differences, Promise, Greatest Generation, Tax Cuts

The House okayed the gasoline tax cut, which will increase the deficit, line the pockets of the oil companies, and hurt the environment; Dole said that if there was just some way this could interfere with people's sex lives, it would be perfect legislation.

- Bill Maher

topic: Hurt, Sex, Cutting, Tax Cuts

Health care is still the number-one issue out there. Someone who seizes it, I think, will do very well in an election. Let's face it: Clinton's two big issues were the middle class tax cut, which he dropped, wisely, at the time to help reduce the deficit, and health care. That's what he ran on.

- Russ Feingold

source: Interview with Matthew Rothschild, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. April 30, 2002.

topic: Cutting, Thinking, Class, Middle Class, Tax Cuts

If there were such a thing as Chapter 11 for politicians, the Republican push to extend the unaffordable Bush tax cuts would amount to a bankruptcy filing.

- David Stockman

topic: Cutting, Republican, Politician, Tax Cuts

Many Republicans have what I call a 'tax-cut syndrome' where they have never seen a tax cut they didn't really like and didn't see a tax increase they didn't hate and do everything they could to block.

- Peter George Peterson

topic: Hate, Block, Cutting, Tax Cuts, Tax Increases

If you want to really sort of quantify the dereliction of the Republican establishment, those two facts are the most important two facts. One, that they didn`t even understand the base of their own party, white working class voters who you know what, don`t care about tax cuts for the rich, really aren`t interested in the things that the elite part of their party want, including immigration reform. And number two, they spent eight months avoiding finding opposition research to use against the guy who was becoming the front-runner in their party that they don`t want.

- Chris Hayes

source: Source: www.msnbc.com

topic: Party, Cutting, Numbers, Tax Cuts

Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?

- Peg Bracken

topic: Memorable, Cutting, Two, Income Tax, Tax Day

Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas.

- Joe Baca

topic: Jobs, Cutting, Creating, Tax Cuts

A tax cut to compensate for a tax increase is not a cut - it's a con.

- Tony Abbott

source: "Carbon wars". 7.30 with Chris Uhlmann, www.abc.net.au. March 21, 2011.

topic: Cutting, Increase, Taxes, Tax Cuts, Tax Increases

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.

- Frances O'Grady

topic: Eye, Cutting, Focus, Deregulation, Tax Cuts

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.

- Barack Obama

topic: Cutting, Class, Lasts, Tax Cuts

Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas.

- George Osborne

source: "George Osborne plays down tax cuts but wants to make sacking staff easier" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2011.

topic: Christmas, Cutting, Should, Tax Cuts

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

topic: Cutting, Giving, Needs, Predictability, Tax Cuts

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.

- Nancy Pelosi

source: "Pelosi finally weighs in on tax deal" by Matt Negrin, www.politico.com. December 7, 2010.

topic: Jobs, Cutting, Priorities, Tax Cuts

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.

- Nancy Pelosi

topic: Jobs, Children, Cutting, Tax Cuts, Budget Deficit