Raise Taxes Quotes
51 quotes by 37 authors
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'Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars.' Guess what? Yes, we do in one regard: We want to let that trillion…
— Joe Biden
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The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.
— George W. Bush
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If you're going to go increase taxes on small businesses, you're going to slow down the extent to which we're able to reduce unemployment. So…
— Dick Cheney
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Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay for the effort…
— Charles Tilly
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Congress can raise taxes because it can persuade a sizable fraction of the populace that somebody else will pay
— Milton Friedman
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Americans tend not to be too enthusiastic about having their taxes raised again....But if the American people aren't going to accept it, if the politicians…
— Judy Woodruff
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Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did.
— Walter F. Mondale
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The Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I'll say no, and they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again and I'll…
— George H. W. Bush
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The statement, "The debt problem has become so extreme that we have no choice but to cut social spending" is presented as an objective assessment…
— Linda McQuaig
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A great deal has been said about my commitment not to raise taxes. It's a core value - it's common sense - it's important to…
— Tim Pawlenty
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Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars. Guess what? Yes we do.
— Joe Biden
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If, at the end of the day, we need to raise taxes, we should raise taxes.
— Paul Volcker
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Bush has legitimized a huge expansion of the welfare state, liberalizing immigration, and using force for democratization abroad. All the next Democratic president has to…
— Andrew Sullivan
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The only way America can reduce the long-term budget deficit, maintain vital services, protect Social Security and Medicare, invest more in education and infrastructure, and…
— Robert Reich
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Yes. I don't think it would be appropriate at this point to raise taxes on anyone, certainly not in 2011.
— Mark Zandi
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In Greece, the unemployment rate has risen to 22%. The solution to the problem was to raise taxes on the rich, according to the Greek…
— Jay Leno
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Let us be clear about our choice. When we raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, no one dies. When we cut Social Security and Medicare,…
— Unknown Author
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I will tell you this: I will not raise taxes on the middle-class to pay for these programs.
— William J. Clinton
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If Congress doesn't raise taxes, you cannot get a private investment account without forgoing a portion, possibly all, of your guaranteed benefit check.
— Grace Napolitano
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If we raise taxes on corporations, what incentive will they have to make money other than the fact that it's the sole reason they exist.
— Stephen Colbert
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