--- title: "8 Capital gains tax Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Capital gains tax quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Capital gains tax sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/grover-norquist-3806_all-americans_well-certainly-the-democrats-have-been-a_1953894.png" --- > [Well, certainly the Democrats have been arguing to raise the capital gains tax on all Americans. Obama says he wants to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grover-norquist/well-certainly-the-democrats-have-been-arguing-to-raise-the-capital/) [Grover Norquist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grover-norquist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/grover-norquist-3806_all-americans_well-certainly-the-democrats-have-been-a_1953894.png) > [The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital from static to more dynamic situations,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/the-tax-on-capital-gains-directly-affects-investment-decisions-the-2/) [John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/john-f-kennedy-246_capital-gains_the-tax-on-capital-gains-directly-affect_2337081.jpg) > [I would favor three policies: raising the minimum wage to $12, closing the tax loophole where persons only pay a 15% income…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kotler/i-would-favor-three-policies-raising-the-minimum-wage-to-12-closing/) [Philip Kotler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kotler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5b/philip-kotler-8278_capital-gains_i-would-favor-three-policies-raising-the_2344414.jpg) > [We must end the iniquitous multi-taxing of the same money. It is not right to tax people's incomes, then their savings on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liam-fox/we-must-end-the-iniquitous-multi-taxing-of-the-same-money-it-is-not/) [Liam Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liam-fox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78d/liam-fox-27372_assets_we-must-end-the-iniquitous-multi-taxing_2520357.png) > [In real estate you can avoid ever having to pay a capital gains tax, decade after decade, century after century. When you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hudson/in-real-estate-you-can-avoid-ever-having-to-pay-a-capital-gains-tax/) [Michael Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hudson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/michael-hudson-2134_capital-gains_in-real-estate-you-can-avoid-ever-having_2786923.jpg) > [I will eliminate capital-gains taxes for the small businesses and the startups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-will-eliminate-capital-gains-taxes-for-the-small-businesses-and-the/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/094/barack-obama-17_business_i-will-eliminate-capital-gains-taxes-for_2797609.jpg) > [Index funds do not trade from security to security and, thus, they tend to avoid capital gains taxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burton-malkiel/index-funds-do-not-trade-from-security-to-security-and-thus-they-tend/) [Burton Malkiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burton-malkiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/949/burton-malkiel-31547_capital-gains_index-funds-do-not-trade-from-security-t_2997402.png) > [The capital gains tax is 15 percent now. So I sit there in my office and I make a lot of money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/the-capital-gains-tax-is-15-percent-now-so-i-sit-there-in-my-office/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/warren-buffett-183_capital-gains_the-capital-gains-tax-is-15-percent-now_3050135.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capital-gains-tax/#itemlist", "name": "Capital gains tax Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Well, certainly the Democrats have been arguing to raise the capital gains tax on all Americans. Obama says he wants to do that. That would slow down economic growth. It's not necessarily helpful to the economy. Every time we've cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. 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