Taxes Quotes by Amity Shlaes

8 Taxes quotes by Amity Shlaes

Amity Shlaes offers eight sharp observations on taxes, reflecting her historical lens on fiscal policy. It’s a compact window into how she weighs government revenue against liberty.

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Democrats who see virtue in the estate tax are doing the equivalent of aborting future enterprises. They deprive businesses of oxygen with…

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Coolidge was a pragmatist. He didn't start out with a tax theory. But he observed over time that lower tax rates sometimes…

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Today we care about budgets more than anything. Our American future hangs on the ability of government to cut budget.

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Everybody should pay some tax, just as everybody should vote.

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Interest groups are not the same as individuals. Through false nostalgia for the New Deal, you are taking the younger generation hostage.…

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In a way, Calvin Coolidge is better than Reagan. His tax rates were lower, and he cut budgets.

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I'm always for lower taxes because lower taxes make people want to do things. Less burden, more fun, and economics is about…

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Coolidge thought budgets were virtuous. He had his econ straight. He didn't just cut taxes, he also cut the budget.

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To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest rates, exchange rates, bond prices and the one great factor…

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In my view, if you have one in 10 unemployed - something is wrong with the economy whether you call it recession or not.

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The difference between recession and depression is simple. Recession, goes the saying, is when you lose your job; depression is when I lose mine.

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When you see government leaders really bullying business, you know that government's economic policy is failing. They get angry and they get desperate.

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