#tax cuts

While the wealthiest families completely benefit from the tax cuts targeted towards the upper brackets, middle-income families were hit with the unwelcome surprise of higher taxes on tax day. ↗

— Tim Bishop

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I still believe a majority of Republicans are for income tax cuts. ↗

— Mary Fallin

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Even with not having a balanced budget at this time, I support tax cuts. That will help limit spending. ↗

— Steve Chabot

#balanced budget #budget #cuts #even #having

Dozens of America's wealthiest taxpayers - including hedge fund legend Michael Steinhardt, super trial lawyer Guy Saperstein, and Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's fame - have appealed to President Obama not to renew the Bush tax cuts for anyone earning more than $1 million a year. ↗

— Joe Conason

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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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And I have to tell you as a grandmother, I worry about the fact that my grandchildren are going to be paying for all the spending, including military spending, that has gone on and the tax cuts that have come through. ↗

— Geraldine Ferraro

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Governments enjoying surpluses have a very strong temptation to splash money around, and while tax cuts are always appealing, cutting taxes at the top of a boom runs the real risk of creating a structural deficit when the boom subsides. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

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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. ↗

— George Voinovich

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I favor the extension of the middle-class tax cuts because in a recession they're stimulative and they help with demand. ↗

— Peter Welch

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It has always amazed me how tax cuts don't work until they take effect. Mr. Obama's experience with deferred tax rate increases will be the reverse. The economy will collapse in 2011. ↗

— Arthur Laffer

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