Taxes Quotes - Page 19

• I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower. And say, we are not going to spend above that level. Democrats, they want to raise your taxes and spend more and more and turn us into an economy which is no longer driven by the private sector.

  Mitt Romney

  Government, Levels, Want

  "Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney's Plant to Get Economy Back on Track". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. June 02, 2011.

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• Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of spending will have economic consequences, including new taxes being imposed by the new progressives.

  Karl Rove

  Years, Debt, Kind

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• The difficulty for Mr. Obama will be when the public sees where his decisions lead - higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher taxes, sluggish growth, and a jobless recovery.

  Karl Rove

  Recovery, Usa, Decision

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• Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax.

  Mike Royko

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Baseball

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• We need transparency in government spending. We need to put each government expenditure online so every Floridian can see where their tax money is being spent.

  Marco Rubio

  Government, Needs, Online

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• Let's stop talking about new taxes and start talking about creating new taxpayers, which basically means jobs.

  Marco Rubio

  Jobs, Mean, Talking

  "Sen. Rubio: 'We Don't Need New Taxes, We Need New Taxpayers'". www.realclearpolitics.com. July 7, 2011.

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• Unfortunately, President Obama's failed policies of new regulations, higher taxes, and Obamacare and his anti-business rhetoric have hit Hispanics especially hard. Big government really hurts those who are trying to make it.

  Marco Rubio

  Hurt, Government, Obamacare

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• I traveled the state of Florida for two years campaigning. I have never met a job creator who told me that they were waiting for the next tax increase before they started growing their business. I've never met a single job creator who's ever said to me I can't wait until government raises taxes again so I can go out and create a job.

  Marco Rubio

  Jobs, Florida, Government

  "Sen. Rubio: 'We Don't Need New Taxes, We Need New Taxpayers'". www.realclearpolitics.com. July 7, 2011.

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• Of course there are critics who believe that no matter what we do, the Florida dream is over. They claim that we must accept the idea that inevitably our future is one of high taxes and big government.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Believe, Florida

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• You know who a complicated tax code kills? The guy or gal trying to start a business out of the spare bedroom of their home. So we've got to simplify our tax code.

  Marco Rubio

  Home, Guy, Trying

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• Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth.

  Paul Ryan

  Growth, Problem, Economic

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• This is a government takeover of our healthcare system. It is the government basically running the entire healthcare system, turning large insurers into de facto public utilities, depriving people of choice, depriving people of options, raising people's prices, raising taxes when we need new jobs.

  Paul Ryan

  Running, Jobs, Government

  "POLITICO Interview: Rep. Paul Ryan". POLITICO Interview, www.politico.com. March 23, 2010.

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• I learned a good deal about economics, and about America, from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people, in the power of free enterprise and strong communities to overcome poverty and despair. We need that same optimism right now.

  Paul Ryan

  Strong, America, Optimism

  Republican National Convention VP Nomination Acceptance, delivered 29 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive.

  Paul Ryan

  Government, Reform, Income

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• I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation.

  Paul Ryan

  Jobs, Want, Rich

  "Reps. Paul Ryan, Chris Van Hollen Talk Policy, Politics; Justice Stephen Breyer on New Book". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 12, 2010.

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• Look, only in Washington is not raising taxes considered a tax cut. Nobody's getting a tax cut here. We're not cutting taxes. We're preventing tax increases from occurring.

  Paul Ryan

  Cutting, Looks, Increase

  "Reps. Paul Ryan, Chris Van Hollen Talk Policy, Politics; Justice Stephen Breyer on New Book". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 12, 2010.

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• So, in Europe, they're cutting people's retirement and health benefits. And that's what we want to avoid from happening. They're raising taxes, entering a recession. That's the kind of economic program that President Obama has put in place.

  Paul Ryan

  Retirement, Cutting, Europe

  "Exclusive: GOP VP candidate Paul Ryan on 'Hannity'". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. August 21, 2012.

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• One in four corporations doesn't pay any taxes.

  Bernie Sanders

  Four, Pay, Corporations

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't believe there's a red state in America where people believe you should cut Medicare, Social Security and veterans' benefits rather than doing away with corporate tax loopholes.

  Bernie Sanders

  Believe, Cutting, America

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You can't ignore the reality that faith and family, those two things are integral parts of having limited government, lower taxes, and free societies.

  Rick Santorum

  Reality, Government, Two

  Interview with Rush Limbaugh, www.rushlimbaugh.com. June 8, 2011.

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• The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families.

  Bob Schieffer

  War, Iraq, Usual

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• When Mitt Romney says he wants to reform the tax code, hold on to your wallets. We know Mitt Romney never met a tax haven he didn't like. But his new favorite tax haven is actually not the Cayman Islands - its Paul Ryan's budget.

  Charles Schumer

  Islands, Reform, Want

  Charles Schumer's Speech at the Democratic National Convention, in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• As president, Reagan worked very well with Democrats to do big things. It is true that he worked to reduce the size of government and cut federal taxes and he eliminated many regulations, but he also raised taxes when necessary.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Cutting, Government, President

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think we should worry about Social Security first and then tax cuts second.

  Bobby Scott

  Cutting, Thinking, Worry

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• The Kyoto treaty has failed, and it's failed even in Europe, which has had cap and tax since 2005.

  Jim Sensenbrenner

  Europe, Kyoto, Caps

  "POLITICO Q&A: Jim Sensenbrenner" by Lisa Lerer, www.politico.com. December 3, 2009.

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