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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The polls are with us on this. They say the American people, more than anything, want to see spending cuts rather than tax increases.
A tax cut to compensate for a tax increase is not a cut - it's a con.
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.
Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own deficits. This will create greater pressure for higher state and local taxes.
I'm for tax reform, not tax increases.
You have to starve the Beast. That's one of the most important things about tax cuts. If you leave the money in Washington, it's going to be spent.
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.
I think the tax cut is ridiculous but so am I.
We're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels.
Not continuing a tax cut is not technically a tax increase.