One of the most lethal mistakes a public official can make is raising taxes and not paying your own.

You don't get an economy growing by raising taxes.

Raising taxes does nothing to allow the economy to recover.

Raising taxes in an economic downturn is not a good idea.

Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.

While the deficit and debt are serious problems, I oppose solving these problems by raising taxes.