Tim Kaine Quotes

We demand a graduated income tax.

Who's on the case when it comes to the flat tax?

I believe in a progressive tax structure that fairly distributes the costs of government in a way that those of us fortunate to have more, carry more of the burden.

There's nothing wrong with paying taxes; they should be paid in proportion to how rich you are. This idea that you're going to get better growth by cutting taxes at the top has no historical justification. And it's certainly not an argument in favor of capitalism.

My view is that taxation ought to be based upon ability to pay.

People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes.

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.

I do think there is room at the very top for marginal tax changes.

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

Taxes are always too high.

It seems idle to speculate in the abstract as to whether or not a progressive income tax schedule rising to rates in excess of 70 percent are justifiable …. The fact is that such rates cannot be successfully collected.

Very high taxes on the very rich—that was invented in the United States.

Taxing companies, particularly successful multinational companies, is one of the most progressive forms of taxation.

I support a progressive state income tax.

I think the notion of tax fairness is the reasonable thing to do.

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

We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary.

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

I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 - the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president; the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and a lot of millionaires to boot.

You know what isn't class warfare? Progressive taxation, as in, say, expecting billionaires to pay at least as much in taxes as their secretaries. Ideally, in fact, they should pay more.

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.

Corporations must pay tax.

I support transitioning from the progressive tax to a flat tax system - both individual and corporate/business.

I believe in the broadening of the base of taxation founded upon the ownership of wealth and the capacity to pay.

We should take a look at our tax system every 75 years or so.