Quotes About Finance

Who's on the case when it comes to the flat tax?

It is my belief that tax credits only go to people who are making money, and they generally keep it.

As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these people in Greece who are trying to escape tax.

In income tax, there is no case for amnesty.

In addition to a soaring stock market, 6.6 million jobs have been created since tax relief measures went into effect in 2003. Our deficit situation has also improved as tax revenues have increased at double-digit rates over the past two years.

If we lower the payroll tax, will Americans let us raise it again? I don't think so.

Most economies have a fair amount of tax evasion, depending on how their data systems are.

That darn luxury tax is pretty painful.

It is fast becoming an article of political faith that financing America's public schools by way of the local property tax is a shame and a civic scandal.

Tax increases appear to have a very large sustained and highly significant negative impact on output.

Student loan origination fees are nothing more than a hidden tax that burdens students.

I think a flat tax has merit. Anything would be better than the current tax code.

My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.

I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax.

Missouri remains a low tax, efficiently run state, according to all prominent national rankings.

Reducing the tax burden is necessary to produce economic growth.

I strongly support tax relief for the middle class.

Well, you know, we've got a lot of stimulus in the economy already from the tax cut, from the lowered interest rates, and also from the refinancing of mortgages.

The bottom line is that the death tax is a tax on the economy because it slows economic growth.

If you don't get spending under control, eventually you're going to have a big tax increase.

Today, and I'm very strongly against tax increases.

I think that Governor Romney operates on the capital gains tax, his investments, what he lives off of instead of doing it off of his income.

Social Security is a tax.

The clearest way to cut some of this fiscal drag would be to extend the current payroll tax holiday and increase it - as proposed by President Barack Obama. This would cut the fiscal drag by almost half.