Brad Schneider Quotes

There certainly is a case to be made that taxes should be more progressive.

I think the Bush tax cuts should be made permanent.

By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class.

It's really changed me. For the first time I'm in favor of the Bush tax cuts.

Marginal tax rates are the lowest they've been in generations, and all we can talk about is tax cuts.

I support a progressive state income tax.

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

We need to restore the Bush tax cuts or actually make them permanent.

Having won re-election convincingly and against the economic odds, President Obama quickly made good on his promise of maintaining taxes as they are for the middle class while raising them on the wealthiest Americans.

It's not hard to cut taxes.

Tax rates should never be raised in some brackets without being raised in all brackets.

I still believe a majority of Republicans are for income tax cuts.

I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.

Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.

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.

The share of income that small business people are paying in taxes is the lowest it has been in 65 years - since Obama has cut taxes 18 or 22 times for small business.

I don't believe, the president doesn't believe, that the high income tax cuts work, period. I don't think the evidence supports that.

I'm against tax increases on anyone, period, end of debate.

We demand a graduated income tax.

Those who claim the economy will collapse if tax rates on the wealthy increase, do not know their history. In the Eisenhower Administration—and Eisenhower was hardly a left winger—the marginal tax rate was 91 percent. I am only suggesting that it go to 50 percent.

If Republicans are correct that lower rates spur economic growth, then lower rates on all income - made possible in part by raising capital-gains rates - should bolster economic growth across the economy.

Taxes should be simple and fair... I'm not for increasing income taxes - if we even have an income tax.

There are a few things that we can do. One of them is that we can increase the taxes that people are paying who are the extremely wealthy in our communities. So, 70 percent, 80 percent, we've had it as high as 90 percent.

I don't support any increase in income tax rates.

What we need is more money back in the hands of Americans of any economic standing and so raising taxes right now doesn't make sense.