Taxes Quotes by Steven Rattner

Not surprisingly, troubled economic times often beget proselytizers of wacky, extreme ideas.

— Steven Rattner

India's rigid social structure limits intergenerational economic mobility and fosters acceptance of vast wealth disparities.

— Steven Rattner

Thanks to decades of accumulated federal budget deficits and, more significantly, imprudent Medicare and Social Security policies, we've stolen almost $60 trillion from our children.

— Steven Rattner

The stagflation of the 1970s blessed us with damaging wage and price controls and the utterly counterintuitive supply-side notion - famously drawn on a…

— Steven Rattner

Visits to crowded Indian urban centers unleash sensory assaults: colorful dress and lilting chatter provide a backdrop to every manner of commerce, from small…

— Steven Rattner

As a beneficiary of the carried interest loophole, I've seen firsthand the lack of any difference between the work involved in generating a carried…

— Steven Rattner

Eye-popping tales of growing income inequality are hardly new. By now, nearly every American must be painfully aware of the widening pay gap between…

— Steven Rattner

Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks.

— Steven Rattner

The weak economy, widening income inequality, gridlock in Congress and a presidential election: Those were perhaps the dominant economic and political themes of 2012.

— Steven Rattner

To fix Social Security, we should first stop using the Consumer Price Index to adjust benefits for inflation. Using the C.P.I. overstates the impact…

— Steven Rattner

It's time for the sensible center to rise up and push for a rational approach to our fiscal challenges.

— Steven Rattner

During my 30 years on Wall Street, taxes on 'unearned income' have bounced up and down with regularity, and I've never detected any change…

— Steven Rattner

Picking winners among the many young companies seeking money is a tough business, even for the most sophisticated investors. Indeed, most professionally run venture…

— Steven Rattner

To be sure, India has achieved enviable success in business services, like the glistening call centers in Bangalore and elsewhere. But in the global…

— Steven Rattner

Well, maybe not death panels, exactly, but unless we start allocating health-care resources more prudently – rationing, by its proper name – the exploding…

— Steven Rattner