Tax Reform Quotes - Page 3

• The day after Republicans won solid majorities in the House and Senate, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader-to-be Mitch McConnell outlined priorities for the newly elected Congress. High on the list is fundamental tax reform. In addition to overhauling the federal tax code, however, Congress should rein in the Internal Revenue Service.

  Cleta Mitchell

  Majority Leader, House, Priorities

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• There are three major political organizations in this country: the Republican Party, the Democratic Party and the Koch Brothers Party. With billions to spend on campaigns. think tanks and 'educational' organizations, the Koch brothers are the most powerful. We must overturn Citizens United, move to public funding of elections and pass real tax reform.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Brother, Powerful

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• The billionaires pay an effective tax rate lower than nurses or truck drivers. That makes no sense at all. There has to be real tax reform, and the wealthiest and large corporations will pay.

  Bernie Sanders

  Real, Nurse, Reform

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• [T]ax cuts are not just something that all taxpayers deserve, but also the best way to curb government spending. It is the best kind of tax reform. If the money never reaches the table, Congress can't gobble it up.

  Zell Miller

  Cutting, Government, Reform

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• Any substantial tax reform would involve substantial redistributions of tax burdens and substantial changes in asset values, and you need some 'lubrication' (i.e., transition rules).

  Robert Reischauer

  Transition, Reform, Needs

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• Obama's Democrats have become the part of no. Real cuts to federal budget? No. Entitlement reform? No. Tax reform? No. Breaking the corrupt and fiscally unsustainable symbiosis between public-sector unions and state governments? Hell no.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Real, Cutting, Government

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• In 2013 Citigroup had profits of $6.4 billion in the United States. They paid no federal income tax and, in fact, received a rebate from the IRS of $260 million. That same year J.P. Morgan had $17.2 billion in profits in the U.S. They also paid no federal income tax. Do you think it's time for tax reform?

  Bernie Sanders

  Thinking, Years, United States

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• We need real tax reform which makes the rich and profitable corporations begin to pay their fair share of taxes. We need a tax system which is fair and progressive. Children should not go hungry in this country while profitable corporations and the wealthy avoid their tax responsibilities by stashing their money in the Cayman Islands.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Children, Real

  "Senator Bernie Sanders Launches His Political Revolution for the Presidency of the United States" by Pearl Korn, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 14, 2015.

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• Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.

  Bill Bradley

  Decision, Reform, Taxes

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• We need to enact fundamental tax reform. The weight and complexity of our 73,000-page tax code are crushing everyday Americans. We need to radically simplify the tax code so that we can re-start the real engine of growth in our economy. That means our tax code needs to go from 73,000 pages down to about three pages.

  Carly Fiorina

  Crush, Real, Mean

  "Carly Fiorina Answers 12 Christian Post Questions for Every Presidential Candidate". Interview with Napp Nazworth, www.christianpost.com. January 4, 2016.

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• I think, again, the overall intellectual structure of the speech is very much consistent with what Donald Trump has been saying on the campaign trail. He's against free trade. He's against immigration. But he has been in favor of tax reform, and he has been afraid of - in favor of developing American energy sources like through fracking or hydraulic fracturing.

  Avik Roy

  Thinking, Intellectual, Energy

  "'Forbes' Editor: Trump Continues 'Common Rhetorical Line' On Trade Deals". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. August 8, 2016.

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• We must move from revenue-neutral to revenue-reducing tax reform, because the federal government spends far too much money.

  Carly Fiorina

  Moving, Government, Reform

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