Paul Gigot Quotes

What we do have is a gigantic matching tax-cutting program as a way of stimulating the economy.

The Democrats want government to do the spending. Senator McCain wants families to do the spending.

Take two taxcuts, roll back some regulations, and call me in the morning.

These Republican governors who say that government can’t create jobs---well government certainly created their jobs..

Republicans seem to be gambling that most Americans won't care about a few rich private equity managers if their own taxes go down, their stock portfolio goes up, and economic growth accelerates.

There is no one in America more qualified to talk about bailouts than Mitch McConnell.

I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ... because I believe the big problem is not taxes, the big problem is spending.

A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget.

This is such music to my ears. James Carville advocating a tax cut to stimulate the economy.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Reagan tax cuts turned the deepest recession since the Great Depression into the largest 20-year economic boom in American history. The Reagan tax cuts of 1981 and '86. And the same thing can happen here again. Democrats just cannot let it.

Well, my plan, actually Larry Kudlow, who's a fantastic guy, I think likes my plan the most. I'm cutting taxes by about the most.

I heard Nixon speak. He was talking about free enterprise, getting the government off your back, lowering the taxes and strengthening the military. Listening to Nixon speak sounded more like a breath of fresh air. I said to my friend, I said, "What party is he?" My friend said, "He's a Republican." I said, "Then I am a Republican."

I'm cutting taxes. We're going to grow the economy. It's going to grow at a record rate of growth.

What the president announced yesterday, is that somehow magically, if we just continue to prime the pump of taxpayer dollars, we're going to see magically an economic recovery.

We vetoed five income tax increases during my time as governor. We cut business taxes $2.3 billion, and we cut regulation by one-third of what my predecessor put in place.

The Republicans have a very traditional focus over and over again whether or not it's worked.

It's not hard to cut taxes.

After 2003, we lowered taxes across the board. And by 2004, revenue to the federal government grew. In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan cut taxes dramatically. And by the end of the decade, revenue coming in the federal government had doubled.

The pro-growth policies and spending restraint of Conservatives work.

I supported the stimulus package.

I think Republicans really need to be disciplined, to stay focused on sustained economic growth.

I was criticized at some level within the Republican Party by those who say government should not be in the economic development business at all. My response is that the only country I know that doesn't have an economic development plan is Papa New Guinea.

Well, I think lower taxes and less regulation would actually promote growth.

For small businesses, you need less taxes, less federal spending, and you need less regulation that blocks their growth.

Reducing the tax burden is necessary to produce economic growth.