Virgil Goode Quotes

There certainly is a case to be made that taxes should be more progressive.

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.

the most just and equitable tax that can be devised.

The income tax is the fairest, the most equitable system of taxation that has yet been devised.

I support a progressive state income tax.

Fundamentally, I've always been a fan of actually looking at our whole state tax system and really figuring out how we reform our tax system so that everyone's paying their fair share but we don't have a lot of nickel and diming with 100 taxes that end up hitting people that maybe can't bear it the most.

In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them.

We must have a fair tax in the United States. We have to re-adjust it, we must be fiscally responsible.

I have continuously said that, at the very minimum, the Bush tax cuts for income under $250,000 should be extended.

I'm for tax reform, not tax increases.

Tax rates should never be raised in some brackets without being raised in all brackets.

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.

I still believe a majority of Republicans are for income tax cuts.

I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.

To me, there are four F's in a good tax system: it ought to be flatter, fairer, finite and family-friendly.

I'm not feeling undertaxed. Tax reform is an important issue. You have to have an inherent sense of fairness.

I support transitioning from the progressive tax to a flat tax system - both individual and corporate/business.

We demand a graduated income tax.

We need a tax code where everyone pays his fair share.

I don’t think our tax system is very equitable.

Fairness dictates that the highest income people should pay the greatest share of taxes, and they do.

Any reductions we have in upper-income taxes will be offset by less deductions so that there will be no absolute tax cut for the upper class.

Republicans think tax filing should be easier for you, not just the well-connected.

What we need is more money back in the hands of Americans of any economic standing and so raising taxes right now doesn't make sense.

And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.