Joe Manchin Quotes

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

Tax reform is not for the faint-hearted.

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

North Carolina needs to revamp the tax code completely. We have some of the highest tax rates, like the corporate tax rate, in the country.

We should take a look at our tax system every 75 years or so.

I think a flat tax has merit. Anything would be better than the current tax code.

I know a bit about taxation and the remarkable effort that goes in to avoiding it.

I don't support any increase in income tax rates.

We need a tax code that promotes savings, investment, achievement, innovation, and hard work.

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.

It's not hard to cut taxes.

Who's on the case when it comes to the flat tax?

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

We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes.

That's the biggest problem, is the tax code itself.

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

Businesses large and small shouldn't have to check the expiration date of a tax provision to see if it's still good.

We have points in common with the FDP, particularly when it comes to tax.

Marginal tax rates are the lowest they've been in generations, and all we can talk about is tax cuts.

The number of business leaders who asked me to lower their taxes can be counted on one hand.

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.

Every time you exempt a portion of the economy from taxation you put pressure on the rest of the economy.

We can’t write a tax law that their lawyers can’t get around.

Tax reform laws … are like sand castles built next to the ocean. They get washed away.

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