I don't believe, the president doesn't believe, that the high income tax cuts work, period. I don't think the evidence supports that. — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
In this country, we have partnerships, we have S corps, we have LLCs, we have a series of entities that do not… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
If we hit the debt ceiling, that's... essentially defaulting on our obligations, which is totally unprecedented in American history. The impact on… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
The share of income that small business people are paying in taxes is the lowest it has been in 65 years -… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
For policy makers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or especially to smooth business cycle fluctuations, the results are not… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
If a lobbyist sets up shop, or a lawyer, in which they're receiving income through what is something like a tax loophole… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
The only question where there is disagreement is should the highest income rates above a quarter million dollars a year go back… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
Cutting taxes for very high income people an average of more than $100,000 a year for people that make more than a… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
It's clear that the medium and long-run fiscal challenges facing the country have to do with the rise of entitlement spending, they… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
The data does not support that high-income tax cuts are the main drivers of growth, so I don't think that uncertainty over… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
It's clear that the medium and long-run fiscal challenges facing the country have to do with the rise of entitlement spending, they have to… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share
The president is 100 percent for extending the tax cuts for 98.7 percent of small businesses. — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share
There's a certain kind of academic that comes to Washington and can't survive. They're the ones starting each sentence with 'The economic model says.' — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share
The U.S. fiscal union has worked, in no small part, by enabling subsidies to the Mississippis without requiring the approval of the Minnesotas. It… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share
If a lobbyist sets up shop, or a lawyer, in which they're receiving income through what is something like a tax loophole so that… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share
When I was at MIT, they had a beta test of Mosaic, the first popular browser. I remember looking at it, and there was… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share
I believe - I'm not a political expert, but I believe there is a broad consensus, a middle ground if you will, that Democrats… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share
The data does not support that high-income tax cuts are the main drivers of growth, so I don't think that uncertainty over what the… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share
The share of income that small business people are paying in taxes is the lowest it has been in 65 years - since Obama… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share
Trade has helped the economy grow. Simultaneously, a sizable number of Americans haven't shared in that bounty, and if we don't pay attention to… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share
We have to do everything we can to try to create jobs and get people back to work. — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share
A lot more people are willing to invest in bonds denominated in euros. And there was the fiscal discipline argument, which is that this… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share
All I'll say is if you look at countries where it is - where they are rapidly growing, they're investing in their infrastructure. They're… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share
If you're going to be an academic who's involved in the world of policy, you have to be involved in the world that exists. — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share
