Budgets Quote by Bob Beauprez

Obama broke his no-new-taxes pledge 15 days after he took office when he signed legislation on Feb. 4, 2009 raising the tax on cigarettes…

— Bob Beauprez

GOP candidates routinely sign a pledge never, ever to raise taxes. Democratic candidates aren't even asked to sign a parallel pledge never, ever to…

— Timothy Noah

Having won re-election convincingly and against the economic odds, President Obama quickly made good on his promise of maintaining taxes as they are for…

— Kevin O'Leary

Well, the taxes that everyone else is paying are supporting lots of programs that were in place prior to Barack Obama's new spending. So…

— Dinesh D'Souza

Don't be fooled by Obama's tax reform rhetoric. He is talking about tax increases, pure and simple.

— Anonymous

Obama just helped GOP limit tax increases. He created Obama tax cuts that are nearly identical to Bush tax cuts. Except they're permanent.

— Anonymous

President Obama has lowered taxes more than he has raised them, and they are today lower than they were in President Reagan's time. But…

— Eric Alterman

Obama has demonstrated no desire to make tough choices. Americans demand a more efficient, effective government, but his budget calls for more taxes and…

— Reince Priebus

Elections have to have at least a little meaning. Obama ran on income tax hikes for the wealthy. People knew they were voting for…

— Gail Collins

“Obama accused the Republicans of giving “more than $1 trillion in new tax breaks to the wealthy” and argued that it was “less about…

— Jane Mayer

That's an important Obama accomplishment: he raised taxes back to Bill Clinton levels, and made a major dent in inequality doing so. That's certain…

— Jonathan Chait

“In fact, Bush’s tax cuts increased the amount of revenue collected by more than 30 percent from his first year as president to his…

— Jack Cashill