One of my favorite indicators of the near-term trend for the economy is auto sales, since folks tend to buy a car when they are feeling optimistic about their financial circumstances. — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
Taxes can set the level of activity around which the economy fluctuates, but they have very little effect on the fluctuations themselves. — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
When a totally offensive tax hits a few million people, Washington is prepared to look the other way. But when everyone is harmed, self… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
I think that one of the things that we have to recognize is that the longer somebody doesn't have a job, the harder it is to get a new job. You know, the reality is that if you're out of job, and you're looking for a job, then the new employer's going to say, 'Well, why, you know, don't you… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share
There are folks who we have a moral responsibility to help, who are going to cost the taxpayers lots of money in the future,… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
The most real characters in a great play are those who are so meticulously drawn that the audience could predict how many pairs of… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
Socialized medicine allows a nation to exclude a U.S. product from its market if the U.S. firm does not make generous enough price concessions.… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
Today we hear that the gains from economic growth accrue to the highest-income earners while the standard of living of the poor and middle… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
The term 'business cycle' is imprecise. Economic fluctuations affect everyone, not just businesses, and they are, unlike astral cycles, anything but regular. — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
Liberalized trade - in broadly multilateral, regional, or bilateral agreements - is a key ingredient in the recipe for prosperity... An absolute prerequisite for… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
For an American, as mad you may be about whatever the EPA or the IRS does, just imagine if you only had a one… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
Historically, figuring out what to do to the tax code has been almost as contentious a political issue as judicial appointments. — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
