Gary Johnson Quotes

We have to reduce the tax burden, whether it's income tax for corporations or private individuals, and we should put a freeze on property taxes.

The truth is, our corporate income taxes are some of the highest in the world, and frankly, in my judgment it's unpatriotic if you're not for reducing the corporate income tax. We want to make it so American companies are on a more level playing field competing with companies around the world.

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

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

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

Why not just eliminate the federal income tax?

made it a catechism that low taxes solve everything

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

If I could wave a magic wand, we would eliminate income tax; we would eliminate corporate tax. We would abolish the IRS, and we could replace all of it with one federal consumption tax.

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

There are going to be no income taxes and no wealth taxes.

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

I get how devastating high taxes are to job creation.

American businesses and upper incomes pay a larger portion of the federal taxes of our national taxes than any country in the world.

It's not hard to cut taxes.

I favor the abolition of all Social Security, Medicare and estate taxes. In their place, we should create a simple income tax system that has no deductions or credits at all.

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

We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes.

Many Republicans have what I call a 'tax-cut syndrome' where they have never seen a tax cut they didn't really like and didn't see a tax increase they didn't hate and do everything they could to block.

In a perfect world we would bring corporate tax rates down to 25% or less so we can get competitive in the world economy. Ultimately, I would love to see a flat tax.

I'd like to give zero out capital gains tax and zero out the dividends tax, zero out alternative minimum tax, and zero out the death tax.

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

Texans should not be taxed on our taxes.

I think we're pretty much where we need to be on corporate taxes.