Austan Goolsbee

Cutting taxes for very high income people an average of more than $100,000 a year for people that make more than a million dollars a year is not an effective way to get the economy going. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

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For policy makers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or especially to smooth business cycle fluctuations, the results are not promising. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

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History teaches that the level of unemployment is not as important as whether the rate's going down. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

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I don't believe, the president doesn't believe, that the high income tax cuts work, period. I don't think the evidence supports that. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

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Look, I don't dispute that the deficit has increased. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

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So more than 8 million people lost their jobs. It's going to take a significant push on our part and time before that comes down. I don't anticipate it coming down rapidly. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

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The president is 100 percent for extending the tax cuts for 98.7 percent of small businesses. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

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The share of income that small business people are paying in taxes is the lowest it has been in 65 years - since Obama has cut taxes 18 or 22 times for small business. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

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The U.S. fiscal union has worked, in no small part, by enabling subsidies to the Mississippis without requiring the approval of the Minnesotas. It creates an important form of insurance. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

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We know there are a lot of people in the unemployment pool that do not match up in their skill set for what jobs are going to be created, and that's an area we've got to keep pressing on. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

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