Quote by Bruce Bartlett

“it is generally considered to be the best tax ever invented. It raises more revenue at less economic cost than any other tax. For this reason, many conservatives oppose it.” quote by Bruce Bartlett — Download Open image

““it is generally considered to be the best tax ever invented. It raises more revenue at less economic cost than any other tax. For this reason, many conservatives oppose it.””

Bruce Bartlett

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (6 ratings)

More by Bruce Bartlett

Up until 1986, the top marginal rate, the top statutory rate was 50 percent. Now it's 35 percent. And all the pressure is on to lower that even further. And this just doesn't make a great deal of sense. When people say, 'Oh, we can't raise taxes on the rich. They'll go on strike, they'll move to another country.' But…

Bruce Bartlett

“I think Republicans should fight for the black vote and blacks should fight for a place in the Republican Party, just as they fought for their civil rights in the last century. It's a necessary thing and each may find more in common with the other than they imagine. Blacks will be in a far stronger position if both parties…

Bruce Bartlett

Many of my sharpest critics have decided to take a position of ignoring me - because they feel that by attacking me, they would draw attention to my book and give me more publicity and help me sell more books. So I think that they decided that the best thing for them to do is to say nothing. Also, I…

Bruce Bartlett

“it took two full years for final congressional action on the Tax Reform Act of 1986 after the Treasury had already done a thorough…

Bruce Bartlett

Image

“Tax reform may present another opportunity to address these issues and perhaps improve both the tax system and the health care system at the…

Bruce Bartlett

Image

Republicans favor tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, but these had no stimulative effect during the George W. Bush administration, and there is…

Bruce Bartlett

Image

People are increasingly concerned about unemployment, but Republicans have nothing to offer them.

Bruce Bartlett

Image

So I think we shouldn't be overly concerned about the decline in personal saving at this particular moment and time, but it's something we…

Bruce Bartlett

Image

“It’s as if the concept of taxation as theft—rather than as a shared burden that all should contribute toward as the cost of maintaining a civil society—is now so widely shared that many people applaud those who have figured out how to game the system and pay less than their fair share rather than condemn them as social parasites who…

Bruce Bartlett