Stephen Pagliuca Quotes

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.

Closing tax loopholes has to be part of the revenue equation.

I don't rule out raising some taxes into the future.

Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase.

When we were at peace, Democrats wanted to raise taxes. Now there's a war, so Democrats want to raise taxes. When there was a surplus, Democrats wanted to raise taxes. Now that there is a mild recession, Democrats want to raise taxes.

Tax policy is not about compassion.

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

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.

The worst thing that we could do is raises taxes. It would only hurt the economy.

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.

It is very clear that the Republicans do not want to raise taxes.

Yes. I don't think it would be appropriate at this point to raise taxes on anyone, certainly not in 2011.

If you're going to go increase taxes on small businesses, you're going to slow down the extent to which we're able to reduce unemployment. So I think it's a serious mistake; the wrong time to raise taxes.

There's a lot of evidence you can sell people on tax increases if they think its an investment.

Raising taxes is not a frivolous venture that you do on the editorial page of 'The New Republic,' for god sakes. It's something that you really have to think about and go through carefully.

So, for instance, let me make this clear: You know I signed a statement. I will not raise taxes on anybody. I don't want to raise taxes on the American people.

I have never voted for a tax increase.

I'm not going to raise taxes.

I've made a promise that taxes would be my last resort on issues.

The Democrats for the most part want to raise taxes, we don't.

We have no interest in raising taxes.

I have been very aggressively campaigning on Kansas needs to cut its taxes.

If we could have a really good debate with the states and the federal government on tax reform I'd be up for that.

If there is one issue where one could justifiably assume that Republicans are all in agreement, it is on lowering taxes.

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