Quotes About Economy

I'm all for lifting the payroll-tax cap, if only to make payroll taxes a little less regressive.

I'm not for raising taxes on anyone - period.

Every American, I think, should be able to fill out their taxes on a postcard.

Multinationals don't pay taxes in Africa - we all know that.

Certainly, the job of a U.S. senator is to create a climate conducive to creating jobs, which is lower taxes and less government regulation. What Harry Reid has been doing is putting forward those policies that actually put more regulation on business.

My tax cut would cut hundreds of billions of dollars. So to do it, you have to be willing to cut spending, too. But if you were to cut hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes, that money's left in communities.

We've created rules and taxes on top of every aspiration of people, and the net result is we're not growing fast, income is not growing.

A budget matters to Americans who can't afford to see their taxes go up or lose the jobs that would be destroyed in the process.

An independent Scotland could afford pensions full stop - after all, it is our taxes and national insurance contributions that fund them now.

Our economy grew at double the rate of the nation. We created 1.3 million jobs. We led the nation seven out of those eight years. We were only one of two states that went to AAA bond rating. I cut taxes, $19 billion. If you do that and apply conservative principles the right way, you create an environment where everybody rises up.

What I want to do is make certain that no one's taxes go up. Let's look at cleaning up the tax code.

We had 90 percent taxes before in America. All right? Didn't work.

You've seen my statements; I do very well. I don't mind paying some taxes. The middle class is getting clobbered in this country. You know the middle class built this country, not the hedge fund guys, but I know people in hedge funds that pay almost nothing, and it's ridiculous, OK?

I do believe that we need to lower taxes on our hard working Iowans immediately.

In my home state of Indiana, we prove every day that you can build a growing economy on balanced budgets, low taxes, even while making record investments in education and roads and health care.

Higher taxes kill jobs. Regulations kill jobs.

There are corporations in this nation, some of the biggest corporations in this nation, who do not pay taxes.

It's a lethal thing to suddenly raise taxes.

I want to lower taxes for the middle class.

I think I should pay more taxes... but everything they take from me should go to reduce the debt.

And I will repeat today what I have said throughout this campaign. I will not raise taxes on the middle class. I will give you tax relief to help ease these burdens.

The Netherlands has been severely hit by the debt crisis, and the solution is to lower taxes, get government finances in order, and make room for investment.

Hillary - at the end of the day, isn't that going to be about bigger government? Isn't that going to be about more taxes?

Taxes are just too high - that's obviously a priority.