(39 quotes found)
“There will be no tax increases this year,”
Trent Lott
“We will only agree to other tax increases in the talks if people with higher incomes are taxed more heavily.”
Franz Muentefering
“We shouldn't hold the budget hostage for issues over tax increases or transportation. They can be resolved in a special session later.”
Phil Hamilton
“Tax increases through the back door. It's very insidious. I think it's very harmful and it's really going to have a very negative impact on the whole system if we don't reform it now.”
Garth Turner
“We've got businesses on the North Shore who have seen 30 per cent property tax increases on top of 40 per cent the year before and 30 per cent the year before that, then you're hitting them with another basically property tax. . . . It's just the straw that broke the camel's back, it's too much.”
Laura Jones
“Senator Kerry's dishonest political rhetoric cannot hide his pessimistic, jobs-killing policies of tax increases and economic isolation,”
Scott McClellan
“[If both Oklahoma and Washington reject tax increases, it sends a message to lawmakers that] we do not like your priorities. Knock it off, ... I think it will lead to more government reform and fewer votes on tax increases.”
Grover Norquist
“We are facing increasing challenges to bring more revenue into the township so that we can avoid future tax increases. This is something we can do to help with that.”
Steve Santarsiero
“Cigarette tax increases are proven to save lives. The higher the tax, the more lives saved.”
Renee Martin
“The bond was full of pork and spending and tax increases.”
Rod Benfield
