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Taxes should be simple and fair... I'm not for increasing income taxes - if we even have an income tax.

The tax relief that this Congress has given now in terms of four tax cuts has overwhelmingly gone to the people at the very top of the income scale in America.

The only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax.

I strongly support tax relief for the middle class.

People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes.

So we want to change the tax system. We want it to be fair, and we want to see some tax relief because people do three things when they get a little extra money in their pocket: They save it or they spend it or they invest it.

Let me tell you, the heart of my tax proposal: I will not raise taxes on the American people. I will not raise taxes on middle-income Americans.

We want taxpayers, not tax wasters.

Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.

And I will repeat today what I have said throughout this campaign. I will not raise taxes on the middle class. I will give you tax relief to help ease these burdens.