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And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.

I am for lowering taxes.

I traveled the state of Florida for two years campaigning. I have never met a job creator who told me that they were waiting for the next tax increase before they started growing their business. I've never met a single job creator who's ever said to me I can't wait until government raises taxes again so I can go out and create a job.

I am for our not having any discrimination in tax legislation.

My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax.

I'm still one who says that we can get rid of the Internal Revenue Service if we would pass the fair tax, which is a tax on consumption rather than a tax on people's income, and move power back where the founders believed it should have been all along.

I've advocated a proportional tax system. You make $10 billion, you pay a billion. You make $10, you pay one. And everybody gets treated the same way.

I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.

One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites.

Now that my wine has been served in the White House, why not me? Who could talk to farmers better than I? Somebody even asked me the other day if I had anything in my platform about taxes. 'Hell yes,' I said. 'Great state. But I wouldn't want to live there.'