George W. Bush Quotes About Taxes

• Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes.

  George W. Bush

  Body, Taxes, Raises

  George W. Bush's speech at a Town Hall Forum on Economy in Ontario, California, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. January 5, 2002.

• The Senate needs to leave enough money in the proposed budget to not only reduce all marginal rates, but to eliminate the death tax, so that people who build up assets are able to transfer them from one generation to the next, regardless of a person's race.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Race, People

• Americans spend 6 billion hours a year filling out their tax reforms.

  George W. Bush

  Funny, Money, Years

• Some of you in this room support higher taxes. I welcome your enthusiasm and am glad to report that the IRS takes both money orders and checks.

  George W. Bush

  Order, Support, Irs

• The rich hire lawyers and accountants for a reason - to pass the tax bill on to you.

  George W. Bush

  Bills, Lawyer, Funny Money

• Look, this is a man, he's got great numbers. He talks about numbers. I'm beginning to think not only did he invent the Internet, but he invented the calculator. It's fuzzy math. It's a scaring - trying to scare people in the voting booth. Under my tax plan, that he continues to criticize, I set a third - the federal government should take no more than a third of anybody's check.

  George W. Bush

  Math, Men, Thinking

  "Person of the Year; The Job Ahead; Breaking Ranks". www.cnn.com. December 17, 2000.

• The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.

  George W. Bush

  Growth, Financial, Excuse

  George W. Bush (2010). “Decision Points”, p.471, Random House

• And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.

  George W. Bush

  Cutting, Firsts, Economic

  Interview with Larry Kudlow, www.nationalreview.com. November 23, 2010.

• And what's interesting, and I don't think a lot of Americans understand this fact, is that, one, most new jobs are created by small businesses; two, most small businesses pay tax at the individual income tax, or many small businesses pay tax there.

  George W. Bush

  Jobs, Thinking, Two

  Interview with Larry Kudlow, www.nationalreview.com. November 23, 2010.

• The best way to encourage economic vitality and growth is to let people keep their own money.When you spend your own money, somebody's got to manufacture that which you're spending it on. You see, more money in the private sector circulating makes it more likely that our economy will grow. And, incredibly enough, some want to take away part of those tax cuts. They've been reading the wrong textbook. You don't raise somebody's taxes in the middle of a recession. You trust people with their own money. And, by the way, that money isn't the government's money; it's the people's money.

  George W. Bush

  Reading, Cutting, Government

• If most of the breaks go to wealthy people it's because most of the people who pay taxes are wealthy.

  George W. Bush

  People, Pay, Break

• I firmly believe the death tax is good for people from all walks of life all throughout our society.

  George W. Bush

  Believe, People, Our Society

  George W. Bush during Economic Recovery and Job Creation Session in Economic Forum in Waco, Texas, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. August 13, 2002.

• A lot of times in the rhetoric, people forget the facts. And the facts are that thousands of small businesses-Hispanically owned or otherwise-pay taxes at the highest marginal rate.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, People, Political

  Remarks by the President to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. March 19, 2001.

• If you raise taxes during a recession, you head to depression.

  George W. Bush

  Taxes, Raises, Recessions

  The debate between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry at Washington University, edition.cnn.com. October 9, 2004.

• Most people in America understand that the rich people hire good accountants and figure out how not to necessarily pay all the taxes.

  George W. Bush

  America, People, Pay

  'FOX News Sunday' with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. February 11, 2008.

• It is not Reaganesque to support a tax plan that is Clinton in nature.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Support, Political

• Democrats in Washington predicted that tax cuts would not create jobs, would not increase wages, and would cause the federal deficit to explode. Well, the facts are in. The tax cuts have led to a strong economy. Real wages were on the rise, and deficit has been cut in half three years ahead of schedule.

  George W. Bush

  Strong, Jobs, Real

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. November 1, 2006.

• Using tax payers' money to provide liquidity to Wall Street so that the country wouldn't head into a depression was the right decision, in my judgment.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Wall, Decision

  Source: www.texasmonthly.com

• A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic illness.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Cutting, Political

• Democrats don't want you to know what their tax plans are. They just don't want you to know.

  George W. Bush

  Want, Democrat, Taxes

  "President Bush in Georgia". President Bush's speech at a Georgia rally, www.nytimes.com. October 31, 2006.

• I faced a lot of criticism as president. I didn't like hearing people claim that I lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction or cut taxes to benefit the rich. But the suggestion that I was racist because of the response to Katrina represented an all-time low.

  George W. Bush

  Cutting, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  Source: www.truth-out.org

• Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is-I'm not sure 80 percent of the people get the death tax. I know this: 100 percent will get it if I'm the president.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, People, Political

• Get ready; if the Democrats take the House, your taxes are going up.

  George W. Bush

  House, Democrat, Taxes

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. October 31, 2006.

• If you take all the food aid, America is by far the most generous country. If you take the direct aid, we're very generous. But when you add on our private contributions - see, our tax system encourages private citizens to donate to organisations that, for example, help the folks in Africa. And when you take the combined effort of US taxpayers' money plus US citizens' donations, we're very generous. And we'll do more.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Effort, Helping

  Source: www.theguardian.com

• I wish they weren't called the 'Bush tax cuts.' If they're called some other body's tax cuts, they're probably less likely to be raised.

  George W. Bush

  Cutting, Wish, Body

  "George W. Bush: 'I wish they weren't called the Bush tax cuts'" by Tiffany Hsu, articles.latimes.com. April 10, 2012.

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