Rashida Tlaib Quotes

I get how devastating high taxes are to job creation.

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

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.

I really do believe most people understand raising tax rates is bad for the economy, it costs jobs. It actually in the long term undermines revenue.

At the end of the day, Republican-driven tax reform is not only going to be good for the economy and for growth. It's going to be good for middle-class Americans.

Let's find those areas where modest and reasonable tax cuts will have the biggest positive impact on our economy, and which will improve the lives of those who need it most: working families, retirees, and small business owners.

The 'fiscal cliff' is a ruse, an invention by the right and the rich, to try and keep their huge tax breaks.

Everyone else is parsing it in terms of lowering the corporate income tax. Eliminate it. It's not that big of a generator of income, and it's a double tax. Get rid of it, and you would have an explosion of hiring.

I think we need to have competitive tax rates in order to create jobs in this country. And I think it should be fair.

I plan to lower corporate taxes to create an environment that encourages companies to invest more.

Tax cuts create more jobs and this is something we as Republicans have to do a better job of marketing.

The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government.

Effective tax credits are used to create jobs and grow our economy. But tax credits that aren't delivering for Missourians must be retooled and reformed.

Every time we've cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. Whenever we raise the capital gains tax, it's been damaged. It's one of those taxes that most clearly damages economic growth and jobs.

I do believe in tax incentives in order to move the economy forward.

Tax cuts are like sex: When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are still pretty good.

What you don't want to have is tax-driven economic activity.

made it a catechism that low taxes solve everything

There is no serious statistical evidence in support of the view that tax rates at current levels have a major disincentive effect on economic growth.

I would like to get the tax rate as low as possible so that businesses want to create jobs here.

We need long-term tax reform that promotes private sector job creation. And legislated mandates that kill jobs by raising the cost of payrolls need to be eliminated.

We can lift standards of living for working families in this country. We can help small businesses create jobs. And we can have a beneficial impact on the economy as a whole if we do tax reform right.

Raising taxes won't create private sector jobs.

Tax reform done right will improve incentives to invest in U.S. production and to repatriate profits.

Any reduction in the corporate tax rate must also come with closing loopholes that have allowed the largest businesses in our country to pay less than they owe.