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The problem is government spends too much. So raising taxes is what politicians do, instead of reducing spending.

The problem with the economy isn't that people aren't paying their fair share of taxes.

Taxes are way too complicated, and people spend way too much time worrying about ways to get them lower.

Instead of raising taxes as some would insist, we need to reduce waste and inefficiency in government.

So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.

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.

Government spending is taxation. When you look at this, I've never heard of a poor person spending himself into prosperity; let alone I've never heard of a poor person taxing himself into prosperity.

You can tax the rich all you want. The problem is there aren't enough of the rich.

Cutting taxes for very high income people an average of more than $100,000 a year for people that make more than a million dollars a year is not an effective way to get the economy going.

Washington does not tax too little: it spends way too much.