John Bowis Quotes

Damning taxes is a piece of cake. It's defending them that's hard.

There is no such thing as a good tax.

Rail against taxes of all kinds.

If we lower the payroll tax, will Americans let us raise it again? I don't think so.

The easy way out is to increase taxes.

I will veto any tax increase.

I think that taxes have to exist. They should exist at the lowest possible level, and to the extent that we can, we shouldn't invent more. Maybe that's my experience being mayor of New York City, where we had so many taxes.

It's a lethal thing to suddenly raise taxes.

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

Taxation under every form presents but a choice of evils.

A tax can never be favorable to the public welfare, except by the good use that is made of its proceeds.

You can't have a rigid view that all new taxes are evil.

I cannot support taxing the taxpayer.

I have never voted for a tax increase.

People are taxed enough.

I just don't want to pay taxes.

We have no interest in raising taxes.

Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth.

I love B.C., but you know what taxes are like in Canada.

Tax policy is not about compassion.

It's not hard to cut taxes.

We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary.

Stupider than France is not where we want to be on tax policy.

A properly designed tax system can strike a balance between helping the poor and, at the same time, giving people the incentive to work.

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