Carol Cox Quotes

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.

By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class.

Obama made his no-new-taxes pledge over and over again four years ago as he campaigned. Not only has he repeatedly and blatantly violated it, but his policies have relentlessly assaulted poor and middle-income family budgets.

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

The tax structure of the United States is fast becoming the most regressive of any Western nation.

Taxes should be simple and fair... I'm not for increasing income taxes - if we even have an income tax.

It is day after day in this institution, borrow money, run up the debt, run up the deficits and then with a straight face say, we are going to repeal a tax that affects 1 percent of the American people, just 1 percent of the American people.

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

It's really changed me. For the first time I'm in favor of the Bush tax cuts.

I have continuously said that, at the very minimum, the Bush tax cuts for income under $250,000 should be extended.

And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.

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

America's got quite reasonable tax rates from an employee point of view.

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

I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.

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.

As a matter of policy, increasing taxes on the most economically productive group, which already generates 60 percent of the nation's federal revenues, during a sustained period of economic doldrums is a wretched idea.

We really need to change taxation policy so that it is not skewed against owning more than one house.

When President George W. Bush cut taxes, he cut them for everyone.

I want to look at the whole package, but I definitely want to protect the middle-class taxpayer, first and foremost.

As president, I would promote a Fair and Flat Tax plan, known as the 'EZ Tax.' My tax plan would be the largest tax cut in American history, reforming individual, business, and worker taxes.

A consumption tax, a national sales tax makes some sense. But I think that if we move towards a Fair Tax, if we move towards a national sales tax, we have to make sure that we do away with the income tax.

I want to lower taxes for the middle class.

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

The problem with the economy isn't that people aren't paying their fair share of taxes.