--- title: "11 Gains Tax Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Gains Tax quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Gains Tax sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/grover-norquist-3806_been_every-time-we-ve-cut-the-capital-gains-t_593458.png" --- > [Every time we've cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. Whenever we raise the capital gains tax, it's been damaged.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grover-norquist/every-time-we-ve-cut-the-capital-gains-tax-the-economy-has-grown/) [Grover Norquist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grover-norquist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/grover-norquist-3806_been_every-time-we-ve-cut-the-capital-gains-t_593458.png) > [No one making less than $250,000 under Barack Obama's plan will see one single penny of their tax raised, whether it's their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-biden/no-one-making-less-than-250-000-under-barack-obama-s-plan-will-see/) [Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-biden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/joe-biden-454_barack_no-one-making-less-than-250-000-under-ba_818031.jpg) > [An unrealized capital gains tax will empower the federal government to access the private transactions of Americans, needlessly expand bureaucracy in Washington,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-donalds/an-unrealized-capital-gains-tax-will-empower-the-federal-government/) [Byron Donalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-donalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa4/byron-donalds-6660_bureaucracy_an-unrealized-capital-gains-tax-will-emp_995190.jpg) > [After Independence, there were periods of very high taxation. So you didn't create wealth, how will you distribute it? When was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shiv-nadar/after-independence-there-were-periods-of-very-high-taxation-so-you/) [Shiv Nadar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shiv-nadar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/shiv-nadar-7217_capital-gains_after-independence-there-were-periods-of_1661454.jpg) > [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) > [If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/if-warren-buffett-made-his-money-from-ordinary-income-rather-than/) [Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/michael-bloomberg-1293_bigs_if-warren-buffett-made-his-money-from-or_2152995.png) > [The biggest - one of the biggest barriers to driving economic growth is the capital gains tax rate. I propose taking it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-cain/the-biggest-one-of-the-biggest-barriers-to-driving-economic-growth-is/) [Herman Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-cain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cec/herman-cain-3645_barriers_the-biggest-one-of-the-biggest-barriers_858502.png) > [To focus capital and entrepreneurship into empowering innovation, we should change is the capital gains tax rate. We would be better served…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/to-focus-capital-and-entrepreneurship-into-empowering-innovation-we/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/anonymous-1_become_to-focus-capital-and-entrepreneurship-in_2857588.jpg) > [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) > [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'd like to give zero out capital gains tax and zero out the dividends tax, zero out alternative minimum tax, and zero…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michele-bachmann/i-d-like-to-give-zero-out-capital-gains-tax-and-zero-out-the/) [Michele Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michele-bachmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/michele-bachmann-1631_alternatives_i-d-like-to-give-zero-out-capital-gains_1287935.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gains-tax/#itemlist", "name": "Gains Tax Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every time we've cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. 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