Taxes Quotes by Robert Reich

One tax dodge often used by multi-national companies is to squirrel their earnings abroad in foreign subsidiaries located in countries where taxes…

— Robert Reich

We already have an annual wealth tax on homes, the major asset of the middle class. It's called the property tax. Why…

— Robert Reich

A Democratic president should propose a major permanent tax reduction on the middle class and working class. I suspect most of the…

— Robert Reich

Yes, the rich will find ways to avoid paying more taxes, courtesy of clever accountants and tax attorneys. But this has always…

— Robert Reich

The federal budget deficit isn't the nation's major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldn't be our major goal. Our problem is lack…

— Robert Reich

The generosity of the super-rich is sometimes proffered as evidence they're contributing as much to the nation's well-being as they did decades…

— Robert Reich

Tax laws favor capital over labor, giving capital gains a lower rate than ordinary income. The rich get humongous mortgage interest deductions…

— Robert Reich

Those who take their money abroad in an effort to avoid paying American taxes should lose their American citizenship.

— Robert Reich

Sugary drinks are blamed for increasing the rates of chronic disease and obesity in America. Yet efforts to reduce their consumption through…

— Robert Reich

The curious thing is Americans don't mind individual mandates when they come in the form of payroll taxes to buy mandatory public…

— Robert Reich

What are called 'public schools' in many of America's wealthy communities aren't really 'public' at all. In effect, they're private schools, whose…

— Robert Reich

The only way America can reduce the long-term budget deficit, maintain vital services, protect Social Security and Medicare, invest more in education…

— Robert Reich

When corporations get special handouts from the government, subsidies and tax breaks, it costs you. It means you have to pay more…

— Robert Reich

Cutting taxes is not bad. But if you cut taxes on the wealthy, which is what they wanted to do, you're not…

— Robert Reich

It is a myth that higher taxes lead to less demand and slower growth. In the first three decades after World War…

— Robert Reich