Tammy Baldwin Quotes

Those who make money off of money get a better deal in the Tax Code than those who make money from hard work.

The United States tax system today is very prejudiced towards financialization, leverage, and lack of investment.

The tax relief that this Congress has given now in terms of four tax cuts has overwhelmingly gone to the people at the very top of the income scale in America.

Tax laws favor capital over labor, giving capital gains a lower rate than ordinary income. The rich get humongous mortgage interest deductions while renters get no deduction at all.

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

America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.

When you have a tax system in which most of the exemptions and the lowest rates benefit the richest, all in the name of job creation, all that happens is that the rich get richer.

Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people.

When a liberal says they are going to soak the rich, the middle class will get drenched.

When you say fiscal responsibility, it seems to me that you really mean rich people keeping their money.

That’s what Republicans are about—giving rich people tax breaks.

The rich aren't like us—they pay less taxes.

The purpose of the income tax law is to prevent the accumulation of enormous fortunes, and the control of industry and commerce that goes with such large fortunes.

We demand a graduated income tax.

One way to reduce income inequality is to get rid of the rich. If Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Rupert Murdoch and their billionaire friends could be persuaded to emigrate from the United States, income inequality would decrease overnight.

Income splitting benefits only fifteen per cent, mostly the wealthiest Canadians, but it's paid for by everyone.

I think for some, the very wealthiest among us, for corporations, taxes are too low.

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.

Trickle-down economics does not work, and tax reform should not be defined as partisan tax cuts for the wealthy and huge corporations.

Governments should end the extreme concentration of wealth in order to end poverty. This means tackling tax dodging but also increasing taxes on wealth and high incomes to ensure a more level playing field and generate the billions of dollars needed to invest in healthcare, education, and job creation.

Democrats single out glaring examples of tax preferences or spending priorities that favor the wealthy and Republicans cry 'class warfare!'

All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting 'the rich' to pay 'their fair share' is part of a big charade. This is not about economics, it is about politics.

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

Wealthy people don't even pay taxes. But everybody must pay taxes.

When President Obama speaks about raising taxes on the rich, he speaks about high-income employees and small business owners, not entrepreneurs who build big businesses.