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Tax increases are a dirty word, but the question is if the public would be willing to accept a small...
VERNON EHLERS![]()
Tea Partiers hate government more than they hate the national debt. They refuse to reduce that debt ...
ROBERT REICH Students are the stockholders in the university system and deserve to have their vote count on issue...
JAMES TOUCHTON The polls are with us on this. They say the American people, more than anything, want to see spendin...
JOHN FLEMING![]()
There's a lot of evidence you can sell people on tax increases if they think it's an investment
BILL CLINTON People are willing to spend money on things that make their lives easier.
ART SPINELLA![]()
Sometimes, tax rate increases create the very problems that the spending is intended to cure. In oth...
ARTHUR LAFFER![]()
There won't have to be tax increases.
DIANE SAWYER When I talk to people, their concern is, how are you going to create jobs? How are you going to help...
ALEXI GIANNOULIAS We will only agree to other tax increases in the talks if people with higher incomes are taxed more ...
FRANZ MUENTEFERING When preparing their 2001 return, there are some basic tax planning issues unemployed people don't o...
ERIC TYSON![]()
There is a direct link between the federal tax cut of 2001 and state tax increases in 2003. When the...
SENATOR JOHN KERRY Any tax increases that did pass after the remarkably low collection in 2002 are contributing to the ...
BILL AHERN They [tax protestors] can pack whatever chambers they want, and they can scream and rant all they wa...
BURT AARONSON![]()
A vote in the state legislature to allow a local government to impose a higher tax is not opposing t...
GROVER NORQUIST![]()
[If both Oklahoma and Washington reject tax increases, it sends a message to lawmakers that] we do n...
GROVER NORQUIST We've got businesses on the North Shore who have seen 30 per cent property tax increases on top of 4...
LAURA JONES The price increases are at levels that are catastrophic for most people. Everybody you talk to is sa...
CAROL BIEDRZYCKI![]()
I am quite amazed how, when people earn lots of money, they think they have to spend it on things th...
MARK HADDON Taxpayers need to know if they are getting value for their tax dollar.
CARY KENNEDY![]()
Particularly when you're dealing with very high ranking people, you know, you have to get their ...
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF![]()
I'm for tax reform, not tax increases.
GROVER NORQUIST Hopefully I will be able to maintain or at least level their taxes and look at a way that we can red...
BARBARA PEREZ I would urge the council not to adopt these fee increases, ... I do believe they are a backdoor tax.
DAVE ROSS If people vote to get rid of this, they're only going to pay more later, ... We are putting ourselve...
ED MURRAY![]()
Small business owners are experiencing great uncertainty because of the possibility of tax increases...
SAM GRAVES I talked to Robert Helm, one of their waterfowl biologists, and he said they are not planning for an...
DAVE MORRISON The current trend points to tax increases in the long run. The political will to make the difficult ...
BRIAN M. RIEDL I personally feel it's premature to consider any tax increases until we have a better understanding ...
TOMMY THOMPSON I hope this sends a message that voters are not going to put up with exorbitant tax increases. You c...
ROD BENFIELD There will be no tax increases this year,
TRENT LOTT Tax increases do not boost the economy, they just don't.
TIM MURTAUGH Tax increases through the back door. It's very insidious. I think it's very harmful and it's really ...
GARTH TURNER![]()
We have not had tax increases since the 1970s, ... Since then costs on everything have gone up.
KATHLEEN KENNEDY People see the dollar amount we are asking for, and they tend to stop there because it is such an as...
DAVE OBRZUT Kids have to understand that steroids will not make you a Division I player. If an average high scho...
FRANK SANDOMENICO They're going to repeat their optimism on the state of the economy. People are expecting rate increa...
ARMIN MEKELBURG![]()
In 2010 the U.S. will have a payroll tax rate increase, an estate tax increase, and income tax incre...
ARTHUR LAFFER![]()
A lot of Americans think they got a tax cut, and they didn't because their local property tax went u...
SENATOR JOHN KERRY People become successful because they get the important things done. They become successful by produ...
JEFFREY J. MAYER Higher income earners are more likely to be audited because there is more tax money at stake, ... Th...
ERIC TYSON![]()
It's important to build trust if you're trying to deal with big things. Big issues require e...
JEB BUSH The mayor took his pain early on. Tax increases were substantial and hurtful, but they hurt early on...
DOUG MUZZIO You talk to tax attorneys who are not politically motivated, and they will tell you they would never...
PAUL MANAFORT As population increases we are going to have to rely on our soil resources more and more. Because of...
MARC IMHOFF For most kids, Jewish identity is dictated by their parents. They go to Hebrew school because their ...
JODI SPERLING![]()
So we want to change the tax system. We want it to be fair, and we want to see some tax relief becau...
TODD TIAHRT They learn a little more about independence. They have to shower on their own and brush their teeth ...
ELIZABETH PTAK![]()
Beware of politicians who tell you they'll do all these wonderful things for you for only a smal...
FABRIZIO MOREIRA It's an everyday battle. Those same AAU coaches want complete control over their kid, and that's why...
JOE WOOTTEN The city has committed itself to excellence. There's been steady growth in tax revenues without any ...
DICKY SPARKS CPA![]()
The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Even when you make a ta...
WILL ROGERS High-priced lobbyists won't be able to eat their eggs Benedict when they see this report [tax gap].
CHUCK GRASSLEY![]()
The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their hig...
ANNA QUINDLEN So far this fiscal year, we have experienced sales tax increases over the same time last year of 5.3...
JIM WEHMEIER Tax revenues are going to be lower. Fewer people will have jobs, fewer people will pay income tax, m...
PAUL DONOVAN Eastern Washington families and businesses should be able to deduct every penny of state and local s...
CATHY MCMORRIS![]()
Eastern Washington families and businesses should be able to deduct every penny of state and local s...
CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS![]()
If, before 2020, there is a choice between further spending cuts, more borrowing and tax rises, the ...
THERESA MAY![]()
President Obama has admitted that Medicare is on an unsustainable course and that no amount of tax i...
DAVID LIMBAUGH![]()
Tax increases slow economic growth. Why would you raise taxes? We need to reform spending, the tens ...
GROVER NORQUIST![]()
Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on f...
RON PAUL I want every student present to know how big their position is and how important it can be to the st...
JOE FRANCO But all (underclassmen) have a little chip on their shoulder. I don't know what happens in middle sc...
JORGE AMAYA You're going to get more dependence, and that's an increased tax burden on everybody.
MICHAEL CANNON It's more important what investors believe, because those people are willing to put their money on t...
RICH YAMARONE![]()
The more you play against teams and defenders, the more you get to know them. You know if they are m...
EDEN HAZARD While there is evidence that GDP growth has touched bottom, the recent tax increases on certain cons...
DAMIAN FRASER Its devastating to think of them going through---what they are going through as far as just getting ...
CINDI WILLIAMS They have to walk their kids to school. They have to walk their kids home. They are afraid to be out...
DIANA SALINAS Their offers are insignificant to our membership. They want most of the increases later in the contr...
ANDY ROBERTS The implication is that schools are out of control with their school tax bases. In many cases were m...
GEORGE WHITE![]()
We got to think of other ways to help these kids out because there's a lot of kids who get hurt ...
AARON RODGERS To the average person they have to kind of roll their eyes up and go: What aren't you going to tax, ...
ASSEMBLYMAN GREGG To the average person they have to kind of roll their eyes up and go: What aren't you going to tax, ...
ASSEMBLYMAN GUY GREGG Have you noticed how the cleverest people at school are not those who make it in life?
Pe...
PAUL ARDEN Some people don't believe their vote counts when they vote for candidates. If you have people who ar...
DANE WATERS Then we are going to picket their houses, and the schools of their kids, and go to their work. If th...
GUSTAVO TORRES Have courage to follow your own intuition & conviction. On the other hand, some people who are on th...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Men coming out of the high school system know they will be taken care of by the bounty of the state....
BEN REILLY![]()
You have educate the masses to exactly what their tax dollars are going to pay for. I think once peo...
LUPE FIASCO History shows that tax increases during a recession are a recipe for greater unemployment and econom...
PETE SESSIONS When people pay taxes, they are buying a service and benefit for their community. Colorado Tax Track...
CARY KENNEDY Bond professionals will know that DRPA politicians are willing to use the power of their office over...
DAVID KOTOK Because their tax dollars are paying for the buyout, the taxpayers deserve to know why Dr. Sable was...
JACK WAGNER These groups vote in very, very high percentages, and they are very committed and emotionally involv...
JACK ORR The tax base will shift more to where they have their residences, instead of where they work. That's...
LOREN SCOTT The fact there is a Latino on the ballot adds a level of excitement to the race, so Latinos will be ...
ARTURO VARGAS We know we are going to have some people who are going to have some issues. But we are uncovering ga...
KATHLEEN HARRINGTON![]()
Massive debts owed to foreign creditors weaken our global influence and threaten high inflation and ...
EVAN BAYH![]()
Today, and I'm very strongly against tax increases.
DONALD TRUMP They are no longer competitive because their technology is not up-to-date and their management costs...
DIEP THANH KIET This tax is wrong, ... The real losers are the people who lose their jobs, who rely on the businesse...
BILL ARCHER In some ways, the sales tax is fairer. A retired person living on a fixed salary, their property tax...
DON CROSBY Put simply, the governor does not support tax increases and is opposed to Proposition 82 because it ...
KATIE LEVINSON I think we can have some tax reform, but that doesn't mean tax increases. We ought to make the, ...
JOHN KASICH It's a big concern when they (farmers) look at the price they're getting for their crops. They don't...
ROBERT DAGGETT A lot of people don't even know their tax bracket.
DUNCAN RICHARDSON We want to know everything about their world -- what they want to get out of their life, their relat...
JEFFREY E. BUSH The legislators need to work on property tax relief as vigorously as they worked on their pay increa...
VIC LAWSON
VERNON EHLERS
Tea Partiers hate government more than they hate the national debt. They refuse to reduce that debt ... ROBERT REICH Students are the stockholders in the university system and deserve to have their vote count on issue...
JAMES TOUCHTON The polls are with us on this. They say the American people, more than anything, want to see spendin...
JOHN FLEMING
There's a lot of evidence you can sell people on tax increases if they think it's an investment BILL CLINTON People are willing to spend money on things that make their lives easier.
ART SPINELLA
Sometimes, tax rate increases create the very problems that the spending is intended to cure. In oth... ARTHUR LAFFER
There won't have to be tax increases. DIANE SAWYER When I talk to people, their concern is, how are you going to create jobs? How are you going to help...
ALEXI GIANNOULIAS We will only agree to other tax increases in the talks if people with higher incomes are taxed more ...
FRANZ MUENTEFERING When preparing their 2001 return, there are some basic tax planning issues unemployed people don't o...
ERIC TYSON
There is a direct link between the federal tax cut of 2001 and state tax increases in 2003. When the... SENATOR JOHN KERRY Any tax increases that did pass after the remarkably low collection in 2002 are contributing to the ...
BILL AHERN They [tax protestors] can pack whatever chambers they want, and they can scream and rant all they wa...
BURT AARONSON
A vote in the state legislature to allow a local government to impose a higher tax is not opposing t... GROVER NORQUIST
[If both Oklahoma and Washington reject tax increases, it sends a message to lawmakers that] we do n... GROVER NORQUIST We've got businesses on the North Shore who have seen 30 per cent property tax increases on top of 4...
LAURA JONES The price increases are at levels that are catastrophic for most people. Everybody you talk to is sa...
CAROL BIEDRZYCKI
I am quite amazed how, when people earn lots of money, they think they have to spend it on things th... MARK HADDON Taxpayers need to know if they are getting value for their tax dollar.
CARY KENNEDY
Particularly when you're dealing with very high ranking people, you know, you have to get their ... NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF
I'm for tax reform, not tax increases. GROVER NORQUIST Hopefully I will be able to maintain or at least level their taxes and look at a way that we can red...
BARBARA PEREZ I would urge the council not to adopt these fee increases, ... I do believe they are a backdoor tax.
DAVE ROSS If people vote to get rid of this, they're only going to pay more later, ... We are putting ourselve...
ED MURRAY
Small business owners are experiencing great uncertainty because of the possibility of tax increases... SAM GRAVES I talked to Robert Helm, one of their waterfowl biologists, and he said they are not planning for an...
DAVE MORRISON The current trend points to tax increases in the long run. The political will to make the difficult ...
BRIAN M. RIEDL I personally feel it's premature to consider any tax increases until we have a better understanding ...
TOMMY THOMPSON I hope this sends a message that voters are not going to put up with exorbitant tax increases. You c...
ROD BENFIELD There will be no tax increases this year,
TRENT LOTT Tax increases do not boost the economy, they just don't.
TIM MURTAUGH Tax increases through the back door. It's very insidious. I think it's very harmful and it's really ...
GARTH TURNER
We have not had tax increases since the 1970s, ... Since then costs on everything have gone up. KATHLEEN KENNEDY People see the dollar amount we are asking for, and they tend to stop there because it is such an as...
DAVE OBRZUT Kids have to understand that steroids will not make you a Division I player. If an average high scho...
FRANK SANDOMENICO They're going to repeat their optimism on the state of the economy. People are expecting rate increa...
ARMIN MEKELBURG
In 2010 the U.S. will have a payroll tax rate increase, an estate tax increase, and income tax incre... ARTHUR LAFFER
A lot of Americans think they got a tax cut, and they didn't because their local property tax went u... SENATOR JOHN KERRY People become successful because they get the important things done. They become successful by produ...
JEFFREY J. MAYER Higher income earners are more likely to be audited because there is more tax money at stake, ... Th...
ERIC TYSON
It's important to build trust if you're trying to deal with big things. Big issues require e... JEB BUSH The mayor took his pain early on. Tax increases were substantial and hurtful, but they hurt early on...
DOUG MUZZIO You talk to tax attorneys who are not politically motivated, and they will tell you they would never...
PAUL MANAFORT As population increases we are going to have to rely on our soil resources more and more. Because of...
MARC IMHOFF For most kids, Jewish identity is dictated by their parents. They go to Hebrew school because their ...
JODI SPERLING
So we want to change the tax system. We want it to be fair, and we want to see some tax relief becau... TODD TIAHRT They learn a little more about independence. They have to shower on their own and brush their teeth ...
ELIZABETH PTAK
Beware of politicians who tell you they'll do all these wonderful things for you for only a smal... FABRIZIO MOREIRA It's an everyday battle. Those same AAU coaches want complete control over their kid, and that's why...
JOE WOOTTEN The city has committed itself to excellence. There's been steady growth in tax revenues without any ...
DICKY SPARKS CPA
The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Even when you make a ta... WILL ROGERS High-priced lobbyists won't be able to eat their eggs Benedict when they see this report [tax gap].
CHUCK GRASSLEY
The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their hig... ANNA QUINDLEN So far this fiscal year, we have experienced sales tax increases over the same time last year of 5.3...
JIM WEHMEIER Tax revenues are going to be lower. Fewer people will have jobs, fewer people will pay income tax, m...
PAUL DONOVAN Eastern Washington families and businesses should be able to deduct every penny of state and local s...
CATHY MCMORRIS
Eastern Washington families and businesses should be able to deduct every penny of state and local s... CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS
If, before 2020, there is a choice between further spending cuts, more borrowing and tax rises, the ... THERESA MAY
President Obama has admitted that Medicare is on an unsustainable course and that no amount of tax i... DAVID LIMBAUGH
Tax increases slow economic growth. Why would you raise taxes? We need to reform spending, the tens ... GROVER NORQUIST
Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on f... RON PAUL I want every student present to know how big their position is and how important it can be to the st...
JOE FRANCO But all (underclassmen) have a little chip on their shoulder. I don't know what happens in middle sc...
JORGE AMAYA You're going to get more dependence, and that's an increased tax burden on everybody.
MICHAEL CANNON It's more important what investors believe, because those people are willing to put their money on t...
RICH YAMARONE
The more you play against teams and defenders, the more you get to know them. You know if they are m... EDEN HAZARD While there is evidence that GDP growth has touched bottom, the recent tax increases on certain cons...
DAMIAN FRASER Its devastating to think of them going through---what they are going through as far as just getting ...
CINDI WILLIAMS They have to walk their kids to school. They have to walk their kids home. They are afraid to be out...
DIANA SALINAS Their offers are insignificant to our membership. They want most of the increases later in the contr...
ANDY ROBERTS The implication is that schools are out of control with their school tax bases. In many cases were m...
GEORGE WHITE
We got to think of other ways to help these kids out because there's a lot of kids who get hurt ... AARON RODGERS To the average person they have to kind of roll their eyes up and go: What aren't you going to tax, ...
ASSEMBLYMAN GREGG To the average person they have to kind of roll their eyes up and go: What aren't you going to tax, ...
ASSEMBLYMAN GUY GREGG Have you noticed how the cleverest people at school are not those who make it in life?
Pe...
PAUL ARDEN Some people don't believe their vote counts when they vote for candidates. If you have people who ar...
DANE WATERS Then we are going to picket their houses, and the schools of their kids, and go to their work. If th...
GUSTAVO TORRES Have courage to follow your own intuition & conviction. On the other hand, some people who are on th...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Men coming out of the high school system know they will be taken care of by the bounty of the state....
BEN REILLY
You have educate the masses to exactly what their tax dollars are going to pay for. I think once peo... LUPE FIASCO History shows that tax increases during a recession are a recipe for greater unemployment and econom...
PETE SESSIONS When people pay taxes, they are buying a service and benefit for their community. Colorado Tax Track...
CARY KENNEDY Bond professionals will know that DRPA politicians are willing to use the power of their office over...
DAVID KOTOK Because their tax dollars are paying for the buyout, the taxpayers deserve to know why Dr. Sable was...
JACK WAGNER These groups vote in very, very high percentages, and they are very committed and emotionally involv...
JACK ORR The tax base will shift more to where they have their residences, instead of where they work. That's...
LOREN SCOTT The fact there is a Latino on the ballot adds a level of excitement to the race, so Latinos will be ...
ARTURO VARGAS We know we are going to have some people who are going to have some issues. But we are uncovering ga...
KATHLEEN HARRINGTON
Massive debts owed to foreign creditors weaken our global influence and threaten high inflation and ... EVAN BAYH
Today, and I'm very strongly against tax increases. DONALD TRUMP They are no longer competitive because their technology is not up-to-date and their management costs...
DIEP THANH KIET This tax is wrong, ... The real losers are the people who lose their jobs, who rely on the businesse...
BILL ARCHER In some ways, the sales tax is fairer. A retired person living on a fixed salary, their property tax...
DON CROSBY Put simply, the governor does not support tax increases and is opposed to Proposition 82 because it ...
KATIE LEVINSON I think we can have some tax reform, but that doesn't mean tax increases. We ought to make the, ...
JOHN KASICH It's a big concern when they (farmers) look at the price they're getting for their crops. They don't...
ROBERT DAGGETT A lot of people don't even know their tax bracket.
DUNCAN RICHARDSON We want to know everything about their world -- what they want to get out of their life, their relat...
JEFFREY E. BUSH The legislators need to work on property tax relief as vigorously as they worked on their pay increa...
VIC LAWSON
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