Juan Cole Quotes

Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues.

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

The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government.

I do think there is room at the very top for marginal tax changes.

Income should be taxed one time at one rate, not again and again.

Very high taxes on the very rich—that was invented in the United States.

I think the first thing we should do is abolish the income tax.

I don't think we should reduce the corporate tax rate.

Putting, say, an 85 per cent income tax rate is unlikely to bring in much revenue.

The United States already has the highest corporate tax rate in the world.

The corporate income tax, in particular, is a tax that puts American corporations at a disadvantage.

Tax reform is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

To me, there are four F's in a good tax system: it ought to be flatter, fairer, finite and family-friendly.

Corporate tax reform is nice in theory but tough in practice. It most likely requires lower tax rates and the closing of loopholes, which many companies are sure to fight. And whatever new, lower tax rate is determined, there will probably be another country willing to lower its rate further, creating a sad race to zero.

The Democrats are obsessing about raising tax rates, while the GOP talks about closing loopholes.

Whoever is for higher taxes, feel free to pay higher taxes.

I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that - that - when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it.

I think the latest estimates were that we have about 250,000 millionaires and billionaires. President Obama wants to increase their taxes 13 percent.

High tax rates distort economic decision making, and our corporate income tax rate is one of the highest in the world.

Tax should be the same for everybody.

What we need is fundamental tax reform.

I've advocated a proportional tax system. You make $10 billion, you pay a billion. You make $10, you pay one. And everybody gets treated the same way.

We need to lower tax rates for everybody, starting with the top corporate tax rate. We need to simplify the tax code. The ultimate answer, in my opinion, is the fair tax, which is a fair tax for everybody, because as long as we still have this messed-up tax code, the politicians are going to use it to reward winners and losers.

Taxes are always too high.

We demand a graduated income tax.