Taxes Quotes by Grover Norquist

I'm for tax reform, not tax increases.

— Grover Norquist

Stupider than France is not where we want to be on tax policy.

— Grover Norquist

Less government, less regulation, lower taxes.

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Income should be taxed one time at one rate, not again and again.

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We should reduce total government spending as a percentage of the economy.

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Not continuing a tax cut is not technically a tax increase.

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Taxes are the killing fields of Democrats.

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I'm not for no taxes. That would be an anarchist. I am for lower taxes.

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There's no reason to raise taxes. Taxes should be lower... The problem we have is that government spends too much, not that…

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What Mae West said about sex is true about taxes. All tax cuts are good tax cuts; even bad tax cuts are…

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The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit. The deficit is the…

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Most Republicans have made it very clear they're not interested in raising taxes. They want to reform government.

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If you raise taxes, it won't reduce the deficit. The other team will simply spend the resources.

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The important thing about tax reform is you make the tax code less complicated, easier for people to understand.

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We want [government] down to the size to where it would fit in a bathtub, and then it could worry about what…

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The American taxpayers are a powerful force. They don't want their taxes raised.

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Tax increases slow economic growth. Why would you raise taxes? We need to reform spending, the tens of trillions of unfunded liabilities…

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Americans for Tax Reform is a national taxpayer organization dedicated to opposing any and all tax increases. We work at the national,…

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Every time you cut programs, you take away a person who has a vested interest in high taxes and you put him…

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Tax reductions are usually simpler and less distortive. I'm certainly willing to look at getting rid of tax deductions/credits, and go to…

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They tax when you earn a dollar, they tax you when you save it, they tax you when you invest it. If…

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We should reduce total government spending as a percentage of the economy. The left wants to focus on the deficit so they…

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If the parties would brand themselves the way Coke and Pepsi and other products do so that you knew what you were…

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Every time we've cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. Whenever we raise the capital gains tax, it's been damaged.…

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Democrats are people who raise your taxes and spend your money on weird stuff. They steal your guns, and they spit on…

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As more and more Americans own shares of stock, more and more Americans understand that taxing businesses is taxing them. Regulating businesses…

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Obama wants to take the individual small business tax to 44 percent, and the corporate rate - he says - down to…

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There are several reasons to oppose tax increases. First, every dollar of tax increase is a dollar you didn't get in spending…

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What's hurting the U.S. economy is total government spending. The deficit is an indicator that the government is spending so much money…

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This thought-provoking novel portrays the absurdity of our overbearing government bureaucracy with a story that is entertaining and fast-paced. The Taxman Cometh…

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One of the reasons some of the advocates of ever larger government and more government intrusiveness get nervous about discussions of the…

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The question is: How do we reduce spending from 25% of GDP, which is where Obama put us? The focus is on…

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Democrats are people who raise your taxes and spend your money on weird stuff. They steal your guns, and they spit on…

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The problem is government spends too much. So raising taxes is what politicians do, instead of reducing spending.

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Reforming Social Security to make it fully funded and independently held, that's compassionate because it allows people to control their own lives;…

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The American taxpayers are a powerful force. They don't want their taxes raised. Obama and the Democrats have a fight with the…

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The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. People say, 'Oh, Grover Norquist…

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I don't think Republicans will be fooled into taking this necessary spending and using it to oppose pro-growth tax cuts, using this…

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If you have to change the law to get more money, that's a tax increase, and Americans for Tax Reform supports all…

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I run a taxpayer group - the most powerful guy in D.C., nonsense. OK? There are buildings with thousands of people in…

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