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title: "19 Lower Rates Quotes by 17 authors"
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> [Multimillionaires cannot pay lower rates than their secretaries and other people working for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/multimillionaires-cannot-pay-lower-rates-than-their-secretaries-and/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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> [If you get rid of all these giveaways and loopholes and deductions and credits, then you can sharply lower the rates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-reid/if-you-get-rid-of-all-these-giveaways-and-loopholes-and-deductions/)

[T.R. Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-reid/)

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> [Everybody will have lower rates, better quality, and better access.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pelosi/everybody-will-have-lower-rates-better-quality-and-better-access/)

[Nancy Pelosi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pelosi/)

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> [Clear prices force health care providers and insurers to lower their rates to attract customers - like their counterparts in the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-braun/clear-prices-force-health-care-providers-and-insurers-to-lower-their/)

[Mike Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-braun/)

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> [I think the millions of people who had been able to renegotiate their mortgages so they are paying lower interest rates are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-axelrod/i-think-the-millions-of-people-who-had-been-able-to-renegotiate-their/)

[David Axelrod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-axelrod/)

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> [Getting rid of the deductibility of state and local taxes will force the highest corporate tax states to lower their rates, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/getting-rid-of-the-deductibility-of-state-and-local-taxes-will-force/)

[Stephen Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-moore/)

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> [Lower interest rates are usually considered good for stocks because they lower the cost of borrowing and make bonds a less attractive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-berenson/lower-interest-rates-are-usually-considered-good-for-stocks-because/)

[Alex Berenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-berenson/)

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> [Close loopholes, close the special interest Washington carve outs and that means more incomes subject to taxation so we're going to lower…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ryan/close-loopholes-close-the-special-interest-washington-carve-outs-and/)

[Paul Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ryan/)

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> [It would be helpful if someone would lay out exactly the economic mechanism that gets us from yet lower interest rates to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-a-webman/it-would-be-helpful-if-someone-would-lay-out-exactly-the-economic/)

[Jerry A. Webman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-a-webman/)

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> [Logically, it may be argued that banks could indeed lower interest rates and make up their profits through larger borrowing volumes. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sucheta-dalal/logically-it-may-be-argued-that-banks-could-indeed-lower-interest/)

[Sucheta Dalal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sucheta-dalal/)

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> [It's time to level the playing field for small business owners and give them the same health care choices that large corporations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-merkley/it-s-time-to-level-the-playing-field-for-small-business-owners-and/)

[Jeff Merkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-merkley/)

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> [Starting in the '80s or so, after the United States sharply cut its rates, other countries decided they better do it too,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-reid/starting-in-the-80s-or-so-after-the-united-states-sharply-cut-its/)

[T.R. Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-reid/)

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> [There have been times when the Federal Reserve has restricted the money supply and raised interest rates to gain an end, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-patman/there-have-been-times-when-the-federal-reserve-has-restricted-the/)

[Wright Patman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-patman/)

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> [There are all these studies out there. But let's get at the bottom line. That is, I want to bring down rates.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/there-are-all-these-studies-out-there-but-let-s-get-at-the-bottom/)

[Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/)

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> [There's a tradeoff. Yeah, I lose the deduction that I really like, but my tax rate is going to go down, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-reid/there-s-a-tradeoff-yeah-i-lose-the-deduction-that-i-really-like-but/)

[T.R. Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-reid/)

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> [However, in spite of the general perception that monetary policy should be conducted so as to avert deflation, a central bank cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toshihiko-fukui/however-in-spite-of-the-general-perception-that-monetary-policy/)

[Toshihiko Fukui](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toshihiko-fukui/)

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> [We had 90 percent rates, but nobody paid them. And so you had all these exemptions, exclusions, shelters, all this kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/we-had-90-percent-rates-but-nobody-paid-them-and-so-you-had-all-these/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

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> [Our argument is everybody ought to be paying lower rates, and we ought to be focused on growing the economy and rebuilding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-scalise/our-argument-is-everybody-ought-to-be-paying-lower-rates-and-we-ought/)

[Steve Scalise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-scalise/)

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> [Businesses and households react to lower rates by investing and spending more. Lower rates also support the prices of housing and financial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-powell/businesses-and-households-react-to-lower-rates-by-investing-and/)

[Jerome Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-powell/)

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