Mark Zandi Quotes

I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to start creating jobs again.

Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.

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.

Raising taxes is the last thing we should do amid the weakest economic recovery since World War II. Unfortunately, even if we avoid the full 'Taxmageddon' scenario, President Obama's health care law also contains a new surtax on investment that will take effect in 2013.

I'm not for raising taxes on anyone - period.

Raising taxes does nothing to allow the economy to recover.

We need to restore the Bush tax cuts or actually make them permanent.

There are a lot of misconceptions regarding the Bush tax cuts, all of them deliberately propagated by none other than President Obama and his pals. The biggest lie of them all is that these tax cuts will only affect the wealthiest two percent.

I think the Bush tax cuts should be made permanent.

The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people - not only made the tax code more nearly progressive, it preceded one of the most productive economic periods in American life.

It's really changed me. For the first time I'm in favor of the Bush tax cuts.

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

Having won re-election convincingly and against the economic odds, President Obama quickly made good on his promise of maintaining taxes as they are for the middle class while raising them on the wealthiest Americans.

Someone is going to have to explain to me at some time how raising taxes on job-creators is going to create more jobs.

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

In the middle of a recession no tax increase is justified because it kills jobs, and any tax increase is a job-killing measure and should be defeated.

We rule out raising taxes this year.

You don't get an economy growing by raising taxes.

As a matter of policy, increasing taxes on the most economically productive group, which already generates 60 percent of the nation's federal revenues, during a sustained period of economic doldrums is a wretched idea.

You don't raise taxes in times of such uncertainty.

Hiking taxes on the so-called wealthy would help send us into a recession because so many small businesses report their income on individual tax returns. If taxes are raised, they will be less likely to be able to hire new workers and make new capital investments.

My position has been consistent that middle class families should not pay more taxes. That hasn't changed.

Well, certainly the Democrats have been arguing to raise the capital gains tax on all Americans. Obama says he wants to do that. That would slow down economic growth. It's not necessarily helpful to the economy. Every time we've cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. Whenever we raise the capital gains tax, it's been damaged.

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

I've never supported a wage tax and I've never supported a payroll tax.