Able Quote by Ray LaHood

Any money the government spends must be taxed, borrowed or conjured out of thin air by the Federal Reserve, and that will reduce sound…

— John Stossel

Obama's view of the tax code is inherently political: Whom can we hit next? Energy companies, jet owners, bankers? Instead, the question should be…

— John Sununu

There are more people at Obama's table offering ideas than there were five years ago, but when it came to facing up to the…

— Eric Alterman

“[Obama] was highly praised, including by his supporters, for his statesmanlike attitude during the lame-duck session, bipartisanship, and getting legislation through. What did he…

— Noam Chomsky

The Bush administration and Congressional Republicans have failed to bring up comprehensive energy reform or any piece of legislation for that matter that would…

— Rosa DeLauro

Obama Supporters Angry Over Tax Increases. I knew it. They were dumb enough to think it would only be the rich.

— Anonymous

Political courage requires clarity. The Obama Administration chose the tortured route of arguing the legality of the individual mandate via the interstate commerce clause…

— Joe Klein

We have a country that is $5 a gallon gas, $4 a gallon gas, we got unbearable unemployment and a federal government that is…

— Tim Pawlenty

The American taxpayers are a powerful force. They don't want their taxes raised. Obama and the Democrats have a fight with the American people,…

— Grover Norquist

Congress also did something new, which is, they delayed for two years two new taxes - one on medical devices and one on high-end…

— Susan Davis

People became much more supportive of gas tax increases after a lengthy discussion about current funding problems.

— Anonymous

You take the huge income that comes with a big gas tax, and you use it to pay off regressive taxes like the FICA…

— Paul R. Ehrlich