Democrats will play the old Washington game of calling reductions in the rate of growth of spending for any program a 'cut'. — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
Rick Perry's an idiot, and I don't think anyone would disagree with that, — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
I believe any decline would lock in a Fed increase with some certainty. — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
With all due respect to Speaker Hastert, trying to eliminate the IRS by adopting a national retail sales tax is a very… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
People are increasingly concerned about unemployment, but Republicans have nothing to offer them. — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
The break for me was the Medicare drug benefit in 2003. It's just grossly expensive, bad policy. After that, I no longer… — Bruce Bartlett Benefit of the doubt Copy Share Image
“it took two full years for final congressional action on the Tax Reform Act of 1986 after the Treasury had already done… — Bruce Bartlett Tax reform Copy Share Image
The problem we have had on the budget all along is a lack of adult supervision on the part of the White… — Bruce Bartlett Adults Copy Share Image
So I think we shouldn't be overly concerned about the decline in personal saving at this particular moment and time, but it's… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
There's bound to be a recovery in [capital spending] sometime soon. We have had basically no capital investment for about year. At… — Bruce Bartlett Bounds Copy Share Image
“Tax reform may present another opportunity to address these issues and perhaps improve both the tax system and the health care system… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
“it is generally considered to be the best tax ever invented. It raises more revenue at less economic cost than any other… — Bruce Bartlett Taxes Copy Share Image
It's obvious that a lot of Tea Party members tend to be elderly. You've seen that famous sign, 'Tell the government to… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
“It’s as if the concept of taxation as theft—rather than as a shared burden that all should contribute toward as the cost… — Bruce Bartlett Civil society Copy Share Image
The conservative side of our political spectrum has had an outsized voice over the last few years. I think especially since the… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
Republicans favor tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, but these had no stimulative effect during the George W. Bush administration, and… — Bruce Bartlett Administration Copy Share Image
The growing inequality of wealth and income distribution is both a moral and economic problem. If the wealthy are unwilling to pay… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
Many of my sharpest critics have decided to take a position of ignoring me - because they feel that by attacking me,… — Bruce Bartlett Argument Copy Share Image
Up until 1986, the top marginal rate, the top statutory rate was 50 percent. Now it's 35 percent. And all the pressure… — Bruce Bartlett Country Copy Share Image
“I think Republicans should fight for the black vote and blacks should fight for a place in the Republican Party, just as… — Bruce Bartlett Civil rights Copy Share Image
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