Tim Walberg Quotes

A lot of people in the western world don't realize how much taxes limit their options. You can end up paying almost half your income in taxes, which basically means you're working for the government for 180 days a year. I think I can find better ways to use the money I make for the benefit of society.

We say that anytime budgets are balanced and an ample savings account has been set aside, government should just stop collecting taxes. Better to leave that money in the pockets of those who earned it, than to let it burn a hole, as it always does, in the pockets of government.

And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets.

I believe that hardworking people should retain as much of the money as they can in terms of the taxes that they pay. But I think everybody should pay their taxes.

Time and again we have learned that the best way to achieve growth and create jobs is for hardworking people to keep more of their own money in their own pockets.

In 2001, Congress passed much needed tax relief to allow Americans to keep more of their hard earned money and spend it as they see fit - rather than how the federal government sees fit.

It is my absolute intent to hold the line on taxes.

I'm like tax. You're going to pay one way or the other.

George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money.

The number of business leaders who asked me to lower their taxes can be counted on one hand.

I'm not for raising taxes on anyone - period.

There is no such thing as a good tax.

I don't feel under-taxed in any way at all.

Most Americans want their government to be smaller, not larger; they want their taxes to be lower, not higher.

If someone's getting a tax cut, I'm not upset that they're getting a tax cut. I'm really not upset.

We cannot allow American taxpayers to foot the bill for tax revenue grabs in Europe and elsewhere.

I have never voted for a tax increase.

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

Traditionally, Conservatives have argued that low taxes are a route to self-determination. I agree. It is vital we keep taxes low and the size of the state in check, to allow people to spend more of their own money.

From an emotional standpoint it's very easy to say don't raise taxes, and no one wants to raise taxes.

I love B.C., but you know what taxes are like in Canada.

I get how devastating high taxes are to job creation.

I firmly believe that the best way to stimulate our economy and create jobs is to let hard-working Americans keep more of their money - after all, the money belongs to them, not to Washington.

Americans spend much of their adult lives paying taxes in various forms. We should end this practice of paying a tax that is triggered only by debt.

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.