John F. Kennedy Quotes

The corporate income tax, in particular, is a tax that puts American corporations at a disadvantage.

We had 90 percent taxes before in America. All right? Didn't work.

Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.

The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government.

High tax rates distort economic decision making, and our corporate income tax rate is one of the highest in the world.

I can't imagine an argument that says that raising marginal tax rates on high income people, many of whom are business owners, is a recipe for economic growth.

I really do believe most people understand raising tax rates is bad for the economy, it costs jobs. It actually in the long term undermines revenue.

What you don't want to have is tax-driven economic activity.

What sensible people want from a tax is to raise as much money as possible with the least disruption to the economy.

There is no serious statistical evidence in support of the view that tax rates at current levels have a major disincentive effect on economic growth.

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

That's the problem with very high taxes - they don't redistribute wealth; they redistribute people.

Obama and Clinton wrongly believe that the corporate income tax is a tax on the rich. The reality is that rich corporations don't pay taxes - workers do.

The A.M.T. is much reviled by tax experts across the political spectrum for its unintended consequences and fiendish complexity.

Research has shown that middle-income wage earners would benefit most from a large reduction in corporate tax rates. The corporate tax is not a rich-man's tax. Corporations don't even pay it. They just pass the tax on in terms of lower wages and benefits, higher consumer prices, and less stockholder value.

The complexity of a tax system is every bit as damaging to competitiveness as the overall tax rate. The more convoluted the tax code becomes, the more time we have to take off work to comply with it.

That darn luxury tax is pretty painful.

There are real impacts from lowering tax rates, encouraging savings.

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

No matter how much the private sector crows that corporate tax breaks will lead to more jobs or robust economic activity, such benefits rarely materialize.

Donald Trump would end up raising taxes on middle-class families.

Kemp-Roth was always a Trojan horse to bring down the top rate.

[American tax laws] are constantly changing as our elected representatives seek new ways to ensure that whatever tax advice we receive is incorrect.

The Trump administration's economic agenda is the right agenda. Corporate taxes have been driving capital and brains and companies overseas for a decade. It has caused huge damage in investment and jobs and productivity. It was a mistake. We have to fix it. Counterintuitively, that usually helps middle-class wages, and lower-class wages, and job formation.