Mitch McConnell Quotes

When we tax, we are dealing with fire, and without proper controls we can easily burn down everything we have built.

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

I'm the one who will not raise taxes. My opponent now says he'll raise them as a last resort, or a third resort. But when a politician talks like that, you know that's one resort he'll be checking into. My opponent, my opponent won't rule out raising taxes. But I will. And The Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no. And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say, to them, Read my lips: no new taxes.

The message coming out of Washington, especially from our leftist politicians and the news media, is that we solve our budget problems by raising taxes on the rich. If Americans were more informed, such a message would be insulting to our intelligence. There are not enough rich people to satisfy Congress' appetite.

You [Republicans] are not going to cut taxes. You're going to raise taxes on the middle class.

We vetoed five income tax increases during my time as governor. We cut business taxes $2.3 billion, and we cut regulation by one-third of what my predecessor put in place.

Stupider than France is not where we want to be on tax policy.

A balanced program for tax reform based upon the common sense idea of lowering taxes out of surplus revenues.

It is the small owner who offers the only really profitable and reliable material for taxation. He is made for taxation.

We are all used to paying a sales tax when we buy things - almost 9 percent here in New York City. The application of this concept to the financial sector could solve our need for revenue, bring some sanity back into the financial sector, and give us a way to raise the revenue we need to run the government in a fiscally responsible way.

It is my absolute intent to hold the line on taxes.

If you raise taxes, it won't reduce the deficit. The other team will simply spend the resources.

Never before in the history of civilization has there been a tax cut in time of war.

There's a lot of evidence you can sell people on tax increases if they think its an investment.

Why, sir, there is every probability that you will soon be able to tax it.

The surpluses of the [19]90s were the result of a growing economy. They were not the result of government policy.

A provision for the sale of the vacant lands of the United States is particularly urged, among other reasons, by the important considerations that they are pledged as a fund for reimbursing the public debt; that if timely and judiciously applied they may save the necessity of burdening our citizens with new taxes for the extinguishment of the principal; and that being free to discharge the principal but in a limited proportion, no opportunity ought to be lost for availing the public of its right.

The issue is not growth verses fiscal responsibility. We need both!

You can always raise taxes on the rich, but that will not solve the deficit problem.

I will never consent to make our penal code the basis of our Ways and Means …

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it

I've made a promise that taxes would be my last resort on issues.

As a general rule, governments are wise to avoid taxation that is voluntary, as they need a steady stream of income.

If I hear one more Republican tell me about balancing the budget, I am going to strangle them.

My finely honed political instincts tell me that almost nobody believes that they should be paying higher taxes.