Quotes About Government

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

Higher taxes kill jobs. Regulations kill jobs.

On Hillary's side, I don't think it gets more establishment than Hillary Clinton. If I had one word to describe Hillary, it would be 'beholden.' Nothing's gonna really change. Government's gonna have the answer to everything, and that's gonna mean taxes are gonna go up.

The reformocons court right-wing censure simply by acknowledging that the middle class is under pressure and that government has a role to play beyond cutting taxes.

I feel like my mandate when I was elected was to go reduce the size of government, lower taxes, and increase freedom, and freedom isn't free, and sometimes you have to make a small sacrifice to move forward with what you're after.

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

If the government can make money, what on earth does it collect taxes for you and me for? Why don't it make what money it wants, take the taxes out, and give the balance to us?

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.

When governments run on petro dollars or petro revenue instead of taxes, then they kind of sever the link between taxation and representation, and if you're not being taxed, then you're not being represented.

I've been a Republican all my life because I embrace the conservative values of hard work, personal freedom, less government and fewer taxes. But I also believe in compassion, inclusion, and helping those who want to help themselves.

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.

Let's be clear: raising taxes during a very slow recovery is likely to lead to another recession, and it will do absolutely nothing to balance the budget.

In addition to reining in spending, taxes, tolls and fees, let's rein in how much the state borrows.

You can raise taxes on the rich in America! We should raise taxes on the rich in America. But we can't do that in Rhode Island.

I don't want to be partisan here. But please, tell me how you get out of a business recession by raising business taxes and regulations?

Can America continue down the path President Obama is taking us on, to a time soon and certain when a majority of wage-earners pay no income taxes but a majority of citizens receive federal benefits?

Those on the downside of rising economic inequality generally do not want government policies that look like handouts. They typically do not want the government to make the tax system more progressive, to impose punishing taxes on the rich, in order to give the money to them. Redistribution feels demeaning. It feels like being labeled a failure.

Provision of facilities to the masses is linked with the collection of taxes.

I don't rule out raising some taxes into the future.

I'm paying more taxes inside my company and personally than I'll ever receive from Congress.