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

Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth.

You don't get an economy growing by raising taxes.

Reduced marginal tax rates on individuals and business fosters growth every time.

Tax increases slow economic growth. Why would you raise taxes? We need to reform spending, the tens of trillions of unfunded liabilities can never be funded by tax increases, that can only be fixed by reducing spending.

The dual effect of high growth creating higher income that's taxed by government at all levels, combined with lessening demands placed on government that occurs during economic prosperity, is a worthy objective.

It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.

Congress must also enact pro-growth policies that encourage the economy to expand: like making tax relief permanent and repealing the death tax.

I can't imagine an argument that says that raising marginal tax rates on high income people, many of whom are business owners, is a recipe for economic growth.

The key to revenue growth is tax reform that closes loopholes and that is pro-growth. Then with a growing economy, that's where your revenue growth comes in, not from higher taxes.