Otto Schily Quotes

It's not hard to cut taxes.

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

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

Reagan didn't put anything off the table, if he felt it was for the good of the American people to tweak the tax system.

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.

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.

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

I'm against tax increases on anyone, period, end of debate.

Capital gains tax reduction is the ultimate now-nowism.

Scratch any Republican today and all you will hear is “Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts.” Its pure demagoguery…. We have demonized taxes.

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

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

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

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.

We're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels.

Everyone now has a sacred cow in the tax code. For my money, the most sacred thing of all is our country and its growth, but the sacred cows have turned into a pack of wolves.

I think the tax cut is ridiculous but so am I.

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

The Democrats are obsessing about raising tax rates, while the GOP talks about closing loopholes.

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

We should stop arguing about tax cuts in this town.