Tax Cuts Quotes

[Republicans] are proposing more tax cuts, mostly for the affluent and big corporations. - Byron Dorgan

[But when it was time to aim for the White House, it was crucial that he get the tax music exactly right; the whole strategy depended on it, and not just for winning the primaries. If conservatives came to think Bush was an ardent tax cutter, they would be willing to let him roam much closer to the center on just about everything else to win the heart of independents.] He moved the party on immigration and education... but no Republican could have abandoned tax cuts and won the primary, or the general. - Grover Norquist

[And at a Capitol Hill news conference, Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that huge tax cuts also could have unwanted economic consequences, including higher interest rates, greater inflation and a larger public debt.] The tax cuts that have been put on the table represent a reversal of course, ... Confidence is crucial. It is time for us to make the right and prudent decision. - Lawrence Summers

... We're either going to share the cost with everyone, including the wealthiest among us by foregoing the tax cuts for the wealthiest, or we're going to put all the burden on the middle class.... We don't have to go forward with further tax cuts for the wealthy. There's a $70 billion tax cut in this particular budget. Permanently eliminating the estate-tax cut is a trillion dollars over the next 10 years. Maybe we have to forgo those for the time being. - Joe Biden