Quotes About Politics

Many Republicans have what I call a 'tax-cut syndrome' where they have never seen a tax cut they didn't really like and didn't see a tax increase they didn't hate and do everything they could to block.

We should try to ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to find a great life. It's a quest that will require political will and ingenious policies. President Obama's proposed expansion of the earned-income tax credit goes in this direction, but we need more.

For every day the government is shut down, it should be that we don't have to pay income tax that day because they're not working.

I was looking for a new challenge and got an interest in trying to make a difference for families. You become more aware of how important families are. They are the key institution in our culture. The reason I got into politics was to try to make a difference for that key institution, whether it was tax policy, education policy, or whatever.

A Democratic president should propose a major permanent tax reduction on the middle class and working class. I suspect most of the public would find this attractive.

People are not really interested in what politicians talk about, but what they are really interested in is how their hard-earned tax money is spent.

Reagan has turned America into a tax haven.

Michael Grimm never met a tax he didn't lie to evade.

Don't allow politically connected folks to get their particular tax breaks.

I've had enough of giving millionaires like Dick Cheney and myself tax breaks and giving America's kids a mountain of debt.

The 'fiscal cliff' is a ruse, an invention by the right and the rich, to try and keep their huge tax breaks.

There is no golden age of public spending for the working class under any form of Conservative future, only the endless pursuit of tax breaks for the comfortably-off.

America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up.

President Obama has repeatedly urged Congress to let the Bush tax cuts expire for those earning more than $250,000 a year. Increasing rates on top earners is an obvious way to raise revenue from those who can afford it most.

Sadly, this is the same old Republican story of Robin Hood in reverse - tax cuts for the rich while programs for average and low income Americans suffer.

I'm a Red American; I believe in tax cuts. But I'm a Red American with a lot of Blue stripes.

The Democrats are obsessing about raising tax rates, while the GOP talks about closing loopholes.

More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance for political gain. My first response is that if you cannot trust a party on the value of defending human life, how can you trust it on issues like marginal tax rates?

I'm for tax reform, not tax increases.

It is fair to debate how much either bill - Obamacare in 2010, tax reform in 2018 - had or will have an impact on the midterms.

We demand Congress access and publicly release Donald Trump's tax returns!

Maybe instead of asking political candidates to submit tax returns, we really should be asking to see their brain scans.

I haven't met a single person, Republican or Democrat, who thinks it's just fine for members of Congress to sit on the boards of corporations we regulate, or for presidents to hide their tax returns.

Taxation: how the sheep are shorn.