Kevin Brady Quotes

We demand a graduated income tax.

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

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

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

Anything to do with any new form of tax, like consumption tax in Japan, carbon tax in Australia, these are big issues that cannot be easily decided.

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

What we need is fundamental tax reform.

What I argue for is a progressive tax, a global tax, based on the taxation of private property.

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

The tax structure of the United States is fast becoming the most regressive of any Western nation.

Scratch any Republican today and all you will hear is “Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts.” Its pure demagoguery…. We have demonized taxes.

Most European countries fund their low corporate taxes with some form of a value-added tax, on consumption rather than income.

Taxes are not trivial - they're a huge portion of this overall economy. And that's why I focused on them.

Actually, I'm a strong supporter of comprehensive tax reform.

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.

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.

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

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

I support a progressive state income tax.

Having a lower tax, simpler, fairer, flatter tax system is something that can drive growth.

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

Reagan didn't put anything off the table, if he felt it was for the good of the American people to tweak the tax system.

Tax policy is not about compassion.

It's not hard to cut taxes.

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