Richard Lugar Quotes

I think the Bush tax cuts should be made permanent.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Contrary to the myth that Mr. Bush cut taxes only for the wealthy, the 2001 tax cut reduced taxes for every income-tax payer in the country.

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

I support a progressive state income tax.

We need to restore the Bush tax cuts or actually make them permanent.

Taxes are important. President Bush's tax proposals leave no rich person behind. Voters approve of President Bush helping the kind of people they wish they were one of.

We spend millions of dollars every year just for the right to pay our taxes, but once again, do we really need to do that? Why don't we simplify it? And I've certainly looked at fair tax, I've looked at flat tax, and if I get to the U.S. Senate, I'd like to review that.

You replace it by 23 percent tax, a frank, transparent tax embedded in the cost at retail, and everybody gets to takes their whole check home. And the average income earner gets a 50 percent increase in take-home pay.

To me, there are four F's in a good tax system: it ought to be flatter, fairer, finite and family-friendly.

We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes.

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

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.

The highest-income Americans don't need tax-free health insurance, mortgage interest deductions or deferred taxation on retirement funds.

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

I support transitioning from the progressive tax to a flat tax system - both individual and corporate/business.

the most just and equitable tax that can be devised.

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

Let me tell you, the heart of my tax proposal: I will not raise taxes on the American people. I will not raise taxes on middle-income Americans.

Every American, and every corporation, should pay their fair share to build the American dream.