Bobby Jindal Quotes

The idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hardworking middle class taxpayers - that's an old idea that's failed every time it's been tried.

The real reason to oppose increasing tax rates on the wealthy is that it's a good bet they could do more to help the economy if they keep their money rather than have their earnings confiscated by the government and spent on another round of stimulus.

My mission will be to improve life across Massachusetts, including communities and geographies that are seeing a slower economic recovery. Lower and fairer taxes are an important part of creating jobs and accomplishing that goal.

You don't get an economy growing by raising taxes.

Government should concentrate on building up infrastructure and skill development. Simplification of taxation is another important area.

The key to revenue growth is tax reform that closes loopholes and that is pro-growth. Then with a growing economy, that's where your revenue growth comes in, not from higher taxes.

You don't create jobs by passing bills, you create jobs by cutting taxes.

It is essential to reduce taxes on employment and wealth creation in order to enhance our economy's competitiveness. But I don't think it's sensible today to write a Conservative budget … with specific pledges on tax reduction.

You cannot have a strong, resilient economy unless you have a strong resilient middle class.

Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders want to raise taxes on the rich, saying it will solve inequality. It won't. All that will do is significantly reduce incentives to work, save, and invest. But I say inequality is not the problem. The problem is a lack of growth.

I believe America thrives when the middle class thrives.

Raising taxes won't create private sector jobs.

Washington's parasitic approach to the private sector must change for there to be widespread, near-term and enduring prosperity and job creation.

My No. 1 priority is growth in the economy. Tax reform will be our first and most important part of that.

You alleviate poverty by trickle-down economics.

People listen to me, and they hear about a government they want, a government... that will cut spending, cut taxes, that will focus on private-sector job creation.

The dual effect of high growth creating higher income that's taxed by government at all levels, combined with lessening demands placed on government that occurs during economic prosperity, is a worthy objective.

As Ronald Reagan understood, the difference between a good tax structure and a poor one has a very real impact not only on how much money we have in our pockets every April 15th, but whether we have a job to support our families in the first place.

The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.

Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs.

Someone is going to have to explain to me at some time how raising taxes on job-creators is going to create more jobs.

I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to start creating jobs again.

Our economy grows from the middle out, not the top down.

Our government is focused on creating jobs, growth and long-term prosperity and on creating the right conditions for Canadian businesses.

In a zero corporate tax rate environment, if the private sector doesn't create tens of millions of jobs, then I don't know what it takes to create tens of millions of jobs.