Tom Campbell Quotes

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

In 2001, Congress passed much needed tax relief to allow Americans to keep more of their hard earned money and spend it as they see fit - rather than how the federal government sees fit.

We should stop arguing about tax cuts in this town.

Much fiscal policy is implemented, not through spending increases, but through tax credits and other so-called tax expenditures. The markets should respond to them as they do spending cuts, with little contraction in economic activity.

We Liberal Democrats don't believe we should use the tax structure to champion just one type of family.

Closing tax loopholes has to be part of the revenue equation.

It's widely accepted that it is reasonable for a government to use tax policy to change behaviour.

It's time the government stopped using taxes to reward winners and losers in love.

If we could have a really good debate with the states and the federal government on tax reform I'd be up for that.

A huge segment of the country has always felt overtaxed. In 1938, when taxes were roughly 17% of income, a 'Fortune' survey found that nearly half of all Americans thought they paid too much relative to what they got in return.

I think the Bush tax cuts should be made permanent.

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

Tax policy is not about compassion.

I'm for tax reform, not tax increases.

I will cut all state taxes by at least one third.

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

The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.

There are some tax expenditures that are there for very obvious and very important and very good policy reasons. Whether it's the charitable deduction or the deduction for homes, it's not a loophole.

Many Republicans have what I call a 'tax-cut syndrome' where they have never seen a tax cut they didn't really like and didn't see a tax increase they didn't hate and do everything they could to block.

I would support eliminating certain tax breaks that are not economically justifiable if they are offset with reductions in tax rates.

A Democratic president should propose a major permanent tax reduction on the middle class and working class. I suspect most of the public would find this attractive.

People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes. The problem is that taxes aren't used efficiently.

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

Effective tax credits are used to create jobs and grow our economy. But tax credits that aren't delivering for Missourians must be retooled and reformed.

Tax can be structured in a way that actually encourages investment in infrastructure and encourages investment in Australia from overseas.