Deceptive Quote by E. J. Dionne

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

— Grover Norquist

Democrats have always wanted to grow government with revenues from our society's producers. They aren't sincere about reducing the deficit, because they will not…

— David Limbaugh

The modern GOP has perfected this cyclical deficit outrage ritual. Republicans run up the tab when they control the White House, then scream about…

— Ari Melber

If there is one issue where one could justifiably assume that Republicans are all in agreement, it is on lowering taxes.

— Kristen Soltis Anderson

Republicans profess to be against deficits, but they are experts at creating and exacerbating deficits.

— Keith Ellison

When Republicans say, 'The first thing you do when you do deficit reduction is reduce rates,' it would be like Democrats saying, 'The first…

— Chuck Schumer

As a taxpayer, I want to assure you that Republicans are doing everything we can to reduce wasteful spending.

— Jeff Miller

You [Republicans] are not going to cut taxes. You're going to raise taxes on the middle class.

— Tim Kaine

There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut to match it. I…

— Jeff Flake

Today's tax cuts provide yet another illustration of the Republicans' fiscally irresponsible economic policies that ignore the needs of America's middle class, students, and…

— Ellen Tauscher

I don't know how anyone can keep a straight face and say they are for deficit reduction while they insist on a permanent tax…

— Claire McCaskill

I do not believe that anything like what Donald Trump just proposed is going to get through Congress. Those deductions have a lot of…

— David Brooks