Tax reform Quotes

What we need is fundamental tax reform.

— Rob Portman

Tax reform should happen rather quickly.

— Donald Trump

Opposing taxes is a key conservative value.

— Newt Gingrich

Input of public judgement for any major tax reform.

— Newt Gingrich

I'm for tax reform, not tax increases.

— Grover Norquist

Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.

— Bill Bradley

Actually, I'm a strong supporter of comprehensive tax reform.

— John S. Watson

EITC is an invitation to fraud.

— Newt Gingrich

My No. 1 priority is growth in the economy. Tax reform will be our first and most important part of that.

— Steve Mnuchin

A balanced program for tax reform based upon the common sense idea of lowering taxes out of surplus revenues.

— Andrew Mellon

Maybe I should get back to the music-writing phase and write one on tax reform.

— Orrin Hatch

We need to stop kicking the can down the road and rethink our entire tax system toward long-term, comprehensive tax reform.

— Brad Schneider

The important thing about tax reform is you make the tax code less complicated, easier for people to understand.

— Grover Norquist

Tax reform shouldn't add one penny to our deficit or to the tax bills of middle-class Americans.

— Dianne Feinstein

I'm not feeling undertaxed. Tax reform is an important issue. You have to have an inherent sense of fairness.

— Stephen A. Schwarzman

We need tax reform that lowers rates while closing loopholes used by rich lobbyists.

— Brian Mast

I've been able to stretch myself, covering policy, looking at tax reform, looking at the broader economy [being at Fox]. It's no…

— Maria Bartiromo

We can lift standards of living for working families in this country. We can help small businesses create jobs. And we can…

— Susan Collins

Let's cut the top rates of stamp duty to enable more movement to take place and also looking at the broader tax…

— Liz Truss

Our tax code is arcane, burdensome and unwieldy. In the years since Ronald Reagan's 1986 Tax Reform Act, the code has gone…

— S.E. Cupp

Our broken tax code is one of the main reasons the United States lags behind when it comes to economic growth, job…

— Kevin Brady

Any substantial tax reform would involve substantial redistributions of tax burdens and substantial changes in asset values, and you need some 'lubrication'…

— Robert Reischauer

The billionaires pay an effective tax rate lower than nurses or truck drivers. That makes no sense at all. There has to…

— Bernie Sanders

It is only proper that our employees share in the savings generated by tax reform and that we openly acknowledge the resulting…

— Sergio Marchionne

Corporate tax reform is nice in theory but tough in practice. It most likely requires lower tax rates and the closing of…

— Andrew Ross Sorkin

“No longer would other nations, other economies, be taking business and jobs away from the U.S. economy by enacting their own valuable…

— Neal Boortz

The day after Republicans won solid majorities in the House and Senate, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader-to-be Mitch McConnell…

— Cleta Mitchell

The other thing that's really important in tax reform is making sure that we don't tax American businesses at much higher tax…

— Paul Ryan

I think the work on tax reform, the work that's being done on regulatory reform is very important. And just having a…

— Dennis Muilenburg

You have a sense that [Donald] Trump will probably reimagine where the Republican Party is on that issue and some others. But…

— Margaret Hoover

I took office as president in January 2003, and in April 2003, I sent to Congress my first proposal for tax reform.…

— Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Basically the tax reform ideas are to clean up the tax system and to eliminate the loopholes that only very few make…

— Warren Beatty

The problem is that everybody, everybody - Donald Trump, Paul Ryan, everybody - on the Republican side said they can't do tax…

— Rush Limbaugh

Winning control of the Senate would allow Republicans to pass a whole range of measures now being held up by Reid, often…

— Charles Krauthammer

In the eyes of many business leaders, there is never an opportune moment for tax reform. Yes, the economy is losing momentum,…

— Michelle Bachelet

Tax reform is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

— Max Baucus

Nothing says 'economic growth' like fundamental tax reform.

— Jeb Hensarling

“I am convinced that if most members of Congress did their own taxes, we would have had tax reform long ago.”

— Bill Archer

Tax reform done right will improve incentives to invest in U.S. production and to repatriate profits.

— David Autor

Why is it that half of the households in America pay zero income tax? We need some real tax reform.

— John Cornyn