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"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."
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"The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand."
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"Since taking office, President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent for domestic government agencies - an 84 percent increase when you include the failed stimulus. All of this new government spending was sold as 'investment.'"
Government

"We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every background, to succeed and prosper. Under this approach, the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds."
Government

"We're saying no changes for Medicare for people above the age of 55. And in order to keep the promise to current seniors who've already retired and organized their lives around this program, you have to reform it for the next generation."
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"Do we believe that the goal of government is to promote equal opportunity for all Americans to make the most of their lives? Or, do we now believe that government's role is to equalize the results of peoples lives?"
Government

"We need to reclaim our American system of limited government, low taxes, reasonable regulations, and sound money, which has blessed us with unprecedented prosperity. And it has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed."
Government

"That's the real secret to job creation - not borrowing and spending more money in Washington."
Money

"If borrowing and spending all this money led to more jobs than we would be at full employment already."
Money

"Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government."
Government

"Are we interested in treating the symptoms of poverty and economic stagnation through income redistribution and class warfare, or do we want to go at the root causes of poverty and economic stagnation by promoting pro-growth policies that promote prosperity?"
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"In the middle of a recession no tax increase is justified because it kills jobs, and any tax increase is a job-killing measure and should be defeated."
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Personal Development

"The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do labor the produce of that labor, and to give it to those who do not labor."
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Personal Development

"I support transitioning from the progressive tax to a flat tax system - both individual and corporate/business."
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"We can't live without taxes, but we sure would like to have good ones."
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"Number one I think we should impose a fee or a tax on the transportation of trash per mile."
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"Currently, not only are Americans taxed on what they earn, but those assets are taxed again when they are passed on to a loved one."
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"A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state."
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"Currently, 94 out of 100 of us pay the Social Security tax all year round."
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"I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax."
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"Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss."
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