Heather Bresch Quotes

Simply looking at the status quo and suggesting that the tax code is sacrosanct and can never change, and that decisions made in the '80s and '90s can never change, is absurd.

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

We need to stop kicking the can down the road and rethink our entire tax system toward long-term, comprehensive tax reform.

What we need is fundamental tax reform.

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

For years, people have begged Washington for a tax code that is simple and easy to understand.

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

What I want to do is make certain that no one's taxes go up. Let's look at cleaning up the tax code.

Everybody gets ticked off about GE paying no taxes. Look, we have a complicated, convoluted tax system. And only big corporations and wealthy individuals like Warren Buffett can take advantage of it. We need to simplify and flatten the code, get rid of all the loopholes.

Our current tax system is broken.

The Tax Code today is more complicated than ever, and the very people on the Republican side who denounce the Tax Code's complexity are the ones that put together what they now call a convoluted monstrosity. They put it into effect.

It is no secret that our tax code is drastically outdated and burdensome to all Americans. Fortunately, more and more people are aware daily of the inequities that arise from things such as the estate tax, and it has come to the forefront of Congress' agenda.

Tax reform is not for the faint-hearted.

Look at the current tax code. It’s a 10 million word mess..

The tax code has been flawed and inefficient for a very long time, precisely because fixing it could be so terribly disruptive.

There is regressivity built into the tax code by virtue of its complexity.

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

I don't know why anyone would prefer a more complicated tax code instead of a simpler one.

Before we start making blanket statements about abolishing the IRS, I think it's important to focus on what the tax code for the 21st century should look like.

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

To introduce a whole new tax regime, that would be modern tax reform. But that's too big a task.

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.

The problem with wanting the tax code to be 'simpler, fairer,' and 'pro-growth' is that it's impossible to achieve all three at the same time.

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