Joe J. Walsh Quotes

What I want to do is make certain that no one's taxes go up. Let's look at cleaning up the tax code.

Any reduction in the corporate tax rate must also come with closing loopholes that have allowed the largest businesses in our country to pay less than they owe.

The tax code is very inefficient. Both the personal tax code and the corporate tax code. By closing loopholes and lowering rates, you could increase the efficiency of the tax code and create more incentives for people to invest.

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

Multi-millionaires who pay half or less than half of the percentage of tax the rest of us pay justify their actions by saying they pay what the law requires. Though true, the fact is they found ways within the law to beat the purpose of the law - which, in the case of taxes, is that we all pay our fair share.

The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.

It's really a question of fairness and what kind of country we're going to live in. There are 22,000 people making over $1 million. They're paying an effective tax rate in the teens. As Warren Buffett said, he pays less in taxes effectively than his secretary does. That's not right.

Before Congress cuts funding for Head Start, Social Security, and financial aid for college, we have got to make sure that large, profitable corporations are paying their fair share of taxes.

We need a tax code where everyone pays his fair share.

Look at the current tax code. It’s a 10 million word mess..

That’s why the tax code is so long [76,000 pages]. So we can take advantage of it.

I don’t think our tax system is very equitable.

The rationale for eliminating the alternative minimum tax is that such a backup system should not be necessary if the tax code is fundamentally fair and eliminates all the loopholes that made it possible for high-income taxpayers to escape taxation in the first place.

Democrats must rally behind a low-rate, broad-based tax system that is fair, simple and efficient.

Over the years, the tax code has become a vehicle for political favoritism and social engineering.

For years, people have begged Washington for a tax code that is simple and easy to understand.

Closing tax loopholes has to be part of the revenue equation.

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

Fundamentally, I've always been a fan of actually looking at our whole state tax system and really figuring out how we reform our tax system so that everyone's paying their fair share but we don't have a lot of nickel and diming with 100 taxes that end up hitting people that maybe can't bear it the most.

Wealthy people don't even pay taxes. But everybody must pay taxes.

In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them.

A tax loophole is something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform.

Reagan didn't put anything off the table, if he felt it was for the good of the American people to tweak the tax system.

Friends, I'm angry about what's happening in politics today! Why is it wrong to ask the wealthiest people and most profitable corporations to pay their fair share?

I'm for tax reform, not tax increases.