Marsha Blackburn Quotes

I'm for tax reform, not tax increases.

It's not hard to cut taxes.

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

Everybody gets ticked off about GE paying no taxes. Look, we have a complicated, convoluted tax system. And only big corporations and wealthy individuals like Warren Buffett can take advantage of it. We need to simplify and flatten the code, get rid of all the loopholes.

Tax policy is not about compassion.

Who's on the case when it comes to the flat tax?

The tax code is very inefficient. Both the personal tax code and the corporate tax code. By closing loopholes and lowering rates, you could increase the efficiency of the tax code and create more incentives for people to invest.

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

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.

Tax reform is taking taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven't been taxed.

We should take a look at our tax system every 75 years or so.

Look at the current tax code. It’s a 10 million word mess..

A tax code becomes an instrument of social policy.

The last time we made a significant change in the American Tax Code, we din't have cell phones.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

The problem with wanting the tax code to be 'simpler, fairer,' and 'pro-growth' is that it's impossible to achieve all three at the same time.