Quotes About Economy

Tax cuts are an investment in working families.

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.

Tax cuts are like sex: When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are still pretty good.

It's really changed me. For the first time I'm in favor of the Bush tax cuts.

Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas.

We've outpaced Japan and Europe in creating new jobs, but there's major competition from India and China. It's not enough to make income tax cuts permanent.

I don't believe, the president doesn't believe, that the high income tax cuts work, period. I don't think the evidence supports that.

There were 23 or 24 separate tax cuts during the Giuliani administration. I'd love to be able to equal that.

There are a lot of things you can say about the Bush tax cuts, but you can't say they didn't work.

We need to restore the Bush tax cuts or actually make them permanent.

Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the average American family of four will receive a $1,182 tax cut. Imagine what you could do with $1,182 more in your pocket!

Making the tax cuts permanent will continue to grow the economy, create jobs, and put more money in the pockets of the hard-working families of Pennsylvania.

The American people want us to stop spending. And so let's just give them some certainty. Let's extend the tax - the existing tax cuts. And then let's give some more tax breaks to small businesses and large. And then maybe the American people will have some confidence.

The president is 100 percent for extending the tax cuts for 98.7 percent of small businesses.

Tax cuts create more jobs and this is something we as Republicans have to do a better job of marketing.

Americans are falling out of the middle class, not into it. And they deserve relief. I absolute support extending the Bush tax cuts for those who work the hardest and invest the most in our economy - the real drivers of American growth, the middle class.

The Bush tax cuts, they ought to be made permanent in my mind so there is certainty out there.

Tax cuts are one of many ways to stimulate the economy. Building infrastructure, for example, is another.

The Trump tax cuts mean business.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is a strong start to help Mississippi families keep more of their hard-earned money and to help small businesses create jobs.

Social injustice is what puts Scotland at its greatest disadvantage, and restoring the 50p tax rate will start to fight that.

In 2010 the U.S. will have a payroll tax rate increase, an estate tax increase, and income tax increases. There's also a tax increase coming in 2010 on carried interest. This rate will rise from its current level of 15 percent to 35 percent, and then it will rise again in 2011.

We will attract more people to Kentucky by lowering our income tax rate. In fact, lowering the income tax rate is the single most important thing we can do to create opportunity.

If we could get the corporate tax rate down to, let's say, a maximum of 25 percent, it would be a sea change for this country. It would be great.