Richard Neal Quotes

There's no reason to raise taxes. Taxes should be lower... The problem we have is that government spends too much, not that taxes are too low.

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

It seems difficult to understand that high rates of taxation do not necessarily mean high revenue for the government, and that more revenue may often be obtained with lower tax rates.

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

Contrary to Mr. Trump’s claim that the United States is one of the most taxed nations, only South Korea, Chile, and Mexico, among O.E. C. D. countries, collect less in tax revenue as a share of the economy. That means that the American budget for things like prenatal care, low income housing, and worker training is simply not up to the task.

The Laffer Curve illustrates the basic idea that changes in tax rates have two effects on tax revenues: the arithmetic effect and the economic effect.

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

I'm not going to raise taxes.

We sincerely believed that we don't tax too little in Washington. We spend too much.

We want to make sure that tax reform doesn't increase the size of the deficit.

We have no interest in raising taxes.

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

More taxes mean more money to spend for public welfare.

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

I think the Bush tax cuts should be made permanent.

It is time to recognize a simple fact of life. Contrary to what some of my colleagues seem to believe, tax cuts do not pay for themselves.

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.

Tax bills create wealth. They help people live better.

Well, the taxes that everyone else is paying are supporting lots of programs that were in place prior to Obama's new spending. So new spending has too be paid for by new taxes, or by eliminating existing tax breaks. And Obama wants that burden to be borne exclusively by the rich.

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.

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

Anything to do with any new form of tax, like consumption tax in Japan, carbon tax in Australia, these are big issues that cannot be easily decided.

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.

I would support eliminating certain tax breaks that are not economically justifiable if they are offset with reductions in tax rates.