#raising taxes

You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget. ↗

— Tom DeLay

#balanced #balanced budget #budget #democrats #had

I am not for raising taxes on the American people in a soft economy. ↗

— John Boehner

#american #american people #economy #i #i am

I said we are going to balance an $11 billion budget deficit in a $29 billion budget, so by percentage, the largest budget deficit in America, by percentage, larger than California, larger than New York, larger than Illinois. And we're going to balance that without raising taxes on the people of the state of New Jersey. ↗

— Chris Christie

#balance #billion #budget #budget deficit #california

I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll pay more, but it won't solve the problem. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#cutting #economy #either #get #ground

We Hoosiers hold to some quaint notions. Some might say we 'cling' to them, though not out of fear or ignorance. We believe in paying our bills. We have kept our state in the black throughout the recent unpleasantness, while cutting rather than raising taxes, by practicing an old tribal ritual - we spend less money than we take in. ↗

— Mitch Daniels

#bills #black #cling #cutting #fear

So, in Europe, they're cutting people's retirement and health benefits. And that's what we want to avoid from happening. They're raising taxes, entering a recession. That's the kind of economic program that President Obama has put in place. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#benefits #cutting #economic #entering #europe

Look, only in Washington is not raising taxes considered a tax cut. Nobody's getting a tax cut here. We're not cutting taxes. We're preventing tax increases from occurring. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#cut #cutting #getting #here #increases

In the middle of a recession, where we're just climbing out of it, where the economy -unemployment is still at 9.7 percent, the idea of raising taxes and reducing spending is a prescription for disaster. ↗

— Joe Biden

#disaster #economy #idea #just #middle

The Bush tax cuts should be extended permanently for families with annual incomes of less than $250,000 and should be phased out slowly for those making more than that. Raising taxes on anyone now, when the economic recovery is so fragile, would be a mistake. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#anyone #bush #bush tax cuts #cuts #economic

In New Mexico, I inherited the largest structural deficit in state history, and our legislature is controlled by Democrats. We don't always agree, but we came together in a bipartisan manner and turned that deficit into a surplus. And we did it without raising taxes. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#always #bipartisan #came #controlled #deficit