Barry Gardiner Quotes

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

The corporate income tax, in particular, is a tax that puts American corporations at a disadvantage.

The data does not support that high-income tax cuts are the main drivers of growth, so I don't think that uncertainty over what the tax rate will be for someone that makes a million dollars a year has that big an impact on the economic growth rate in the country.

High tax rates distort economic decision making, and our corporate income tax rate is one of the highest in the world.

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

made it a catechism that low taxes solve everything

If every country tries to race towards the lowest [tax] rate, then in the end nobody gains. If you believe there should be no government at all, then fine. But if you believe some government is good, then you cannot have a system that erodes the tax base in all major countries.

There is no doubt that as an economy grows in a great way like India has, that you have to step back and change your tax systems, because you start to get more disparities of wealth.

We have to reduce the tax burden, whether it's income tax for corporations or private individuals, and we should put a freeze on property taxes.

To be competitive globally, we have to reduce the corporate tax rate.

There are going to be no income taxes and no wealth taxes.

A lack of reform - particularly in international tax - has hurt our ability to compete in a global economy by keeping U.S. corporate cash overseas and reducing domestic investment, slowing economic growth.

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

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

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

That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth as light from darkness.

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

I get how devastating high taxes are to job creation.

A properly designed tax system can strike a balance between helping the poor and, at the same time, giving people the incentive to work.

Everyone now has a sacred cow in the tax code. For my money, the most sacred thing of all is our country and its growth, but the sacred cows have turned into a pack of wolves.

Tax reform is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

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.

Many Republicans have what I call a 'tax-cut syndrome' where they have never seen a tax cut they didn't really like and didn't see a tax increase they didn't hate and do everything they could to block.

The Irish move to a very low corporation tax has generated very significant revenue growth, considerably in excess of Britain's, where a slower economy has been combined with a number of stealth taxes.

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