American Quote by Douglas R. Oberhelman

Raise the taxes, and we find less money in our pockets. Lower the taxes, and we've got more money in those pockets, and we…

— Fabrizio Moreira

I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll…

— William J. Clinton

The fact is that a lot of the spending increases came during the Bush administration. Two unpaid for wars we got ourselves engaged in.…

— Nancy Pelosi

If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination.

— Bobby Scott

More people working and paying taxes reduces government expenditures and helps us move a little closer to balance.

— Dick Durbin

Revenue has increased in this way is in no small measure, I am convinced, due to our low tax policy which has helped to…

— John James Cowperthwaite

The American people want us to stop spending. And so let's just give them some certainty. Let's extend the tax - the existing tax…

— John McCain

I think that we've had an economy that's been out of balance for too long. So the general principle of raising taxes on higher…

— Barack Obama

My point is cutting spending shouldn't be reliant on the debt limit though. It's something we have to do. The good news for America…

— David Plouffe

Look, the revenue I get is by more people working, getting higher pay, paying more taxes. That's how we get growth and how we…

— Mitt Romney

Growth works. What we're doing in the administration to spur growth in terms of regulatory form work. And what we're working is to make…

— Mick Mulvaney

Revenues should be increased not by increasing the tax rates on the individual but by building a bigger economy for everybody.

— Ronald Reagan