Quotes About Policy

Members of Congress who want to get things done, they need partners who want to move the ball forward on big issues like fundamental tax reform, on regulatory reform, on putting together a replacement package for Obamacare.

Our tax code is arcane, burdensome and unwieldy. In the years since Ronald Reagan's 1986 Tax Reform Act, the code has gone from fewer than 30,000 pages to more than 70,000.

Good policy usually comes from working across the aisle, and I believe tax reform needs to be tackled with Democrats and Republicans finding common ground.

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.

I think the work on tax reform, the work that's being done on regulatory reform is very important. And just having a seat at the table, I think, is so important for business today as we think about what's going to benefit the economy of this country, how we're going to create great manufacturing jobs.

If we could have a really good debate with the states and the federal government on tax reform I'd be up for that.

Having a lower tax, simpler, fairer, flatter tax system is something that can drive growth.

If corporations and rich people who made fortunes out of us during the boom are not paying their fair share then reform the tax system and close down the tax havens.

Implementing the so-called 'Buffett Rule' would restore some badly needed fairness to our tax system.

We need to get a business tax system that makes us competitive to the rest of the world.

We need to stop kicking the can down the road and rethink our entire tax system toward long-term, comprehensive tax reform.

Our current tax system is broken.

When you have a tax system in which most of the exemptions and the lowest rates benefit the richest, all in the name of job creation, all that happens is that the rich get richer.

I am very proud to have kept my commitment to introduce the married couples' tax allowance. I think it will prove very popular. I think it's absolutely right that we recognise marriage in the tax system properly, and I would like to see that expanded.

Liberal redistributionists in favor of heavy taxation place less weight on incentive than do small-government conservatives.

A global tax body would give all countries - not just the rich and powerful - an equal say in how the global rules on taxation are designed.

Progressive taxation can offset the effect of growing inequality.

Taxing companies, particularly successful multinational companies, is one of the most progressive forms of taxation.

What I argue for is a progressive tax, a global tax, based on the taxation of private property.

The cardinal rule of taxation is that whatever you put a levy on, you'll inevitably get less of. Taxing corporate activity means less investing, less hiring, fewer jobs and a smaller economy, which hurts the rich, the poor and the middle class alike.

We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary.

Revolutions about taxation have shaped our history.

I believe reduced spending, lower taxation, and economic growth go hand-in-hand.

We have to change economic policy: create confidence, foster investment, cut the public deficit, restructure taxation and reform the labor laws.