Taxes Quotes by Mitt Romney

I'd think people would want me to follow the law and pay only what the tax code requires.

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I'd rather see the tax for innovation reduced rather than expanded.

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When you raise taxes on small business, from 35% to 40%, you will kill jobs.

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Government does not create jobs. Government does not create jobs.

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The amount of debt we're adding, at a trillion a year, is simply not moral.

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I believe the tax on capital gains should be zero.

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I have paid taxes every year, a lot of taxes.

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So, for instance, let me make this clear: You know I signed a statement. I will not raise taxes on anybody. I…

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It's not government that makes business successful. It's not government investments that makes businesses grow and hire people.

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Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes, bigger…

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I will promote savings and investment by maintaining the 15% rate on capital gains and dividends. I will eliminate the tax entirely…

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Fairness dictates that the highest income people should pay the greatest share of taxes, and they do.

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You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.

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I think there is need for economic stimulus... and government can help make that up in a very difficult time.

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Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

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The second area, taxation, we agree, we ought to bring the tax rates down. And I do, both for corporations and for…

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I mean, you have said before you'd cut the deficit in half. And this...I love this idea of $4 trillion in cuts.…

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Look, the revenue I get is by more people working, getting higher pay, paying more taxes. That's how we get growth and…

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The reason is because small business pays that individual rate; 54 percent of America's workers work in businesses that are taxed not…

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The American people I talk to don't spend every moment thinking, 'How can I tax my neighbor more than they're being taxed?'…

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And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all…

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You've been president four years. You said you'd cut the deficit in half. It's now four years later. We still have trillion-dollar…

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Well, mathematically, there are three ways that you can cut a deficit. One, of course, is to raise taxes. Number two is…

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Our party [Republicans] has been focused on big business too long. I came through small business. I understand how hard it is…

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Let me come back and say, why is it that I don't want to raise taxes? Why don't I want to raise…

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So if the tax plan he described were a tax plan I was asked to support, I'd say absolutely not. I'm not…

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First of all, I don't have a $5 trillion tax cut. I don't have a tax cut of a scale that you're…

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If you bring [tax] rates down, it makes it easier for small business to keep more of their capital and hire people.…

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Number two, I will not reduce the share paid by high-income individuals. I know that you and your running mate keep saying…

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Well, the economy is still growing slow. As a matter of fact, it's growing much more slowly now than when you made…

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I don't want to cost jobs. My priority is jobs. And so what I do is I bring down the tax rates,…

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Through pro-growth policies, by abolishing Obamacare and eliminating other Obama-imposed impediments to economic growth, we will get our economy back on track.

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Let me tell you, the heart of my tax proposal: I will not raise taxes on the American people. I will not…

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It was absolutely critical to renew the Bush tax cuts. Letting them expire would result in a massive tax increase that would…

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I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent…

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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.…

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The president said he'd cut the deficit in half. Unfortunately, he doubled it. Trillion-dollar deficits for the last four years. The president's…

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Number two, let's look at history. My plan is not like anything that's been tried before. My plan is to bring down…

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And let me make this very clear - unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president,…

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With these 11 million people here illegally, let's have them registered, know who they are, those that are her paying taxes and…

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