Make no mistake, the point of cutting the personal income tax and the capital gains cut is to send an unmistakable message to business.
— Bill Richardson
The politicians say 'we' can't afford a tax cut. Maybe we can't afford the politicians.
— Steve Forbes
The anti-tax-cut, soft-on-defense, big-spending Democrats will take the Democratic Party to the edge and maybe over.
— Joe Lieberman
In 2001, Republicans used reconciliation to pass President Bush's $1.35 trillion tax cut that mainly benefited the wealthy.
— Bernie Sanders
God put the Republican Party on earth to cut taxes. If they don't do that, they have no useful function.
— Robert Novak
Our intention is to give people, however you might stylize it, a tax cut or a pay raise. — Paul O'Neill
By the way, when I say cut taxes, I don't mean fiddle with the code. I mean abolish the income tax and the IRS, and replace them with nothing. — Ron Paul
I support responsible spending, and balancing the budget, but this tax cut and the budget cuts of last month accomplish neither of these goals. — Marty Meehan
So let's give another big tax cut to the super-rich. That'll teach bin Laden a lesson he won't soon forget. — Kurt Vonnegut
This is such music to my ears. James Carville advocating a tax cut to stimulate the economy. — Mary Matalin
Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people. — Carol Moseley Braun
Payments to the disabled are getting slashed and people like me are getting a tax cut. Who could possibly think that is a good thing? — Mark Haddon
Many of us were kind of irritated with Obama for larding it with tax cut, which we didn't think was going to be stimulative. — Barack Obama
A money-financed tax cut is essentially equivalent to Milton Friedman's famous 'helicopter drop' of money. — Ben Bernanke
I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut. — Jacob Lew
Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves. — Albert Bushnell Hart
I think the tax cut is ridiculous but so am I. — Randy Newman
One of the things we worry about when we cut the tax on gasoline is that it basically stimulates additional use. — Edward Lazear
Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents? — Peg Bracken
Not continuing a tax cut is not technically a tax increase. — Grover Norquist
Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase. — Dick Morris
Everyone wants a more simple tax system. But if this means that certain tax breaks have to be cut, people are no longer so enthusiastic. — Angela Merkel
We're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels. — Dick Armey
We will also never bring up the permanent tax cut the president is advocating. — Tom Daschle
Without the triggers, that tax cut is irreponsible fiscal policy. Eventually, I think that will be the consensus view. — Alan Greenspan
If a tax cut increases government revenues, you haven't cut taxes enough. — Milton Friedman
There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut to match it. I am not one of those Republicans. — Jeff Flake
Contrary to the myth that Mr. Bush cut taxes only for the wealthy, the 2001 tax cut reduced taxes for every income-tax payer in the country. — Ari Fleischer
