Now is our best chance for bipartisan, comprehensive tax reform that encourages job creation & helps bring down the deficit. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We need a tax code that truly helps working Americans trying to get a leg up in the new economy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What do you think a stimulus is? It's spending - that's the whole point! Seriously. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Is this money well spent? This is taxpayer money, it is going to be adding to the deficit short term and if… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you look at countries like South Africa, where you had a black majority, there have been efforts to tax and help… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you add up all the loopholes and deductions that upper-income individuals can...are currently taking advantage of, you take those all away,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The most expensive care we can give, we're giving those Americans without insurance. It's kind of stupid that we're fighting the notion… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To the extent that we've got a fiscal crisis right now, part of it is prompted by a bullheaded insistence on the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
After a decade of profligacy, the American people are tired of politicians who talk the talk but don't walk the walk when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've got a tax code that is encouraging flight of jobs and outsourcing. And that's why we've specifically recommended ... that Congress… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Unless we are holding ourselves accountable day in, day out, not just when there's a crisis for folks who have power and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, Governor Romney and I do share a deep interest in encouraging small-business growth. So at the same time that my tax… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'll go anywhere and I'll do whatever it takes to get this done. It's too important for Washington to screw this up.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wonder how much of these debates have to do with the desire, the legitimate desire, for that history to be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Let me just finish their point, because you're looking for contrast. You know, when Governor Romney stood on a stage with other… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Nothing Im proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime. Its not a bigger government we need, but a smarter… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One faction of one party, in one house of Congress, in one branch of government, doesn't get to shut down the entire… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When George Bush came into office, we had surpluses. And now we have half-a-trillion-dollar deficit annually. When George Bush came into office,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've got an extraordinarily complex tax system that's full of loopholes that are exploited by special interests. I'd like to see those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is important to combine structural reforms and good fiscal stewardship with a growth strategy, because when your economy's growing and more… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“When you get rid of the estate tax,” he said, “you’re basically handing over command of the country’s resources to people who… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure... It is a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will eliminate capital-gains taxes for the small businesses and the startups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Here's what I can tell the American people: 95 percent of you will get a tax cut. And if you make less… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, we all know that we've got to do more. And so I've put forward a specific $4 trillion deficit reduction plan.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Having a tax code that rewards companies that are shipping jobs overseas instead of companies that are investing here in the United… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have said that for incomes over $250,000 a year, that we should go back to the rates that we had when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When the economy is still struggling, putting people back to work, finding ways to spur economic activity, ultimately can help to reduce… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you're really concerned about deficits, you cannot take seriously a budget that would give $30 billion a year worth of tax… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we also have to recognize is that the deficit levels that I'm inheriting, over a trillion dollars, coming out of last… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So I'm not proposing anything radical. I just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That kind of approach, I believe, will not grow our economy, because the only way to pay for it without either burdening… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One thing I will not compromise over is whether or not Congress should pay the tab for a bill they've already racked… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share
As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very… — Barack Obama Copy Share
What we've said to the girls is: 'If you guys ever decide that you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will… — Barack Obama Copy Share
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.… — Barack Obama Copy Share
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in… — Barack Obama Copy Share
We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was. — Barack Obama Copy Share
It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share
Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us… — Barack Obama Copy Share
