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I'm not for raising taxes on anyone - period.

Now, I do think when we move into 2012 and '13 when, presumably, the economy is on firmer ground, I would allow the tax rates for upper-income individuals to revert back to where they were before the cuts in the 1990s. I think at that point it makes perfect sense.

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

There's no reason to raise taxes. Taxes should be lower... The problem we have is that government spends too much, not that taxes are too low.

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

I am opposed to any individual taxes until we eliminate all of the unconstitutional agencies, and I suspect we wouldn't need a tax after that.

I would be open to a proposal that would have some minimum tax level for everyone.

'Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars.' Guess what? Yes, we do in one regard: We want to let that trillion dollar tax cut expire so the middle class doesn't have to bear the burden of all that money going to the super-wealthy. That's not a tax raise. That's called fairness where I come from.

Here's my thinking: Since tax reform only occurs once a generation, let's not tweak what we have and call it a day.

At a certain point, you can't tax people beyond a certain level.