The conservative side of our political spectrum has had an outsized voice over the last few years. I think especially since the establishment of Fox News, which has created an echo chamber in which people just hear the same ideas… — Bruce Bartlett 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 is on to lower that even further. And this just doesn't make a great deal of sense. When people say, 'Oh, we can't raise taxes on the rich. They'll go on strike, they'll move to another country.' But… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share
“I think Republicans should fight for the black vote and blacks should fight for a place in the Republican Party, just as they fought for their civil rights in the last century. It's a necessary thing and each may find more in common with the other than they imagine. Blacks will be in a far stronger position if both parties… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share
“it is generally considered to be the best tax ever invented. It raises more revenue at less economic cost than any other tax. For… — 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, they would… — Bruce Bartlett 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 a thorough… — Bruce Bartlett 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 at 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 there is… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
People are increasingly concerned about unemployment, but Republicans have nothing to offer them. — Bruce Bartlett 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 something we… — 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 of maintaining… — 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 dumb idea. — 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
