Circumstances Quote by John James Cowperthwaite

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

— Ronald Reagan

You don't get gushers of revenue by raising tax rates. You get it through expansion.

— George P. Shultz

The key to revenue growth is tax reform that closes loopholes and that is pro-growth. Then with a growing economy, that's where your revenue…

— John Hoeven

Every time we've had a pro-growth fundamental tax reform, be it under President Reagan, President Kennedy - you can even go all the way…

— Jeb Hensarling

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

Lower rates of taxation will stimulate economic activity and so raise the levels of personal and corporate income as to yield within a few…

— John F. Kennedy

It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the…

— John F. Kennedy

You do need more revenues, and you do need to cut expenses. But you also don't want to go in a direction whereby increasing…

— Jose Angel Gurria

Let's eliminate the income tax, which is one huge speed bump to long-term economic growth and recovery.

— Tate Reeves

In my judgment, we have to avoid, at all costs, tax increases. That would be the worst possible thing to do and will make…

— Meg Whitman

Here's a brave old reality, taxes don't go away; raising them never generates revenue, never ever ever.

— Neil Cavuto

Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth.

— Paul Ryan