George H. W. Bush Quotes

There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Congress. We haven't spent any money of your taxes in the last decade.

You have to be very rich to afford Labour, with 66 tax rises since they came in power.

In Michigan, a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet, it continued down.

Well, the taxes that everyone else is paying are supporting lots of programs that were in place prior to Obama's new spending. So new spending has too be paid for by new taxes, or by eliminating existing tax breaks. And Obama wants that burden to be borne exclusively by the rich.

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

GOP candidates routinely sign a pledge never, ever to raise taxes. Democratic candidates aren't even asked to sign a parallel pledge never, ever to cut entitlements.

Most Republicans have made it very clear they're not interested in raising taxes. They want to reform government.

Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conservative Party.

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

I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.

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

If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase.

The move to tax Internet sales, clothed as a 'fairness' issue, is the typical 'wolf-in-sheep's-clothing' ploy so often used by governments unwilling to cut expenditures to match revenues. It matters not whether its proponents have a 'D' or an 'R' after their name. It is a tax increase in either case.

I am such a strong admirer and supporter of George W. Bush that if he suggested eliminating the income tax or doubling it, I would vote yes on first blush.

We in Tennessee know that low taxes, less government, and less spending are the ways to grow our economy.

After 20 years in Congress, I still believe that smaller government and lower taxes are the most effective economic policies.

My biggest objection to raising taxes is that it feeds the government addiction to spending money.

Rail against taxes of all kinds.

We elect Democrats to Congress to give us stuff. We elect Republicans to the White House so that we don't have to pay for it.

The easiest votes I ever cast were the votes to cut taxes. The hardest votes I had to cast were to raise taxes.

The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay.

I've made a commitment that any tax increase, I'm going to veto. It's the worst thing we could do. We have an amount of money to spend. That's it.

When you compare the relatively modest tax that will ensue from prohibiting companies from receiving a subsidy and deducting that subsidy, the benefits dramatically outweigh the costs.

In a way, Calvin Coolidge is better than Reagan. His tax rates were lower, and he cut budgets.

Labor has come out with a series of proposals to increase taxes, including taxes on people across Australia saving for their retirement, he has actually identified so far zero dollars in spending reductions.