01/26/2015
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"I think the academic literature is very clear. There is a strong support for evidence that shows that lower level of taxes are associated with higher level of growth, and the reverse is true."
"The President in 2008 ran on a platform of increasing taxes. Before he was sworn in, he made an announcement that during a time of such high unemployment--and it was not even 10 percent then; it event..."
"I think we have seen it in the fiscal tax deal where Congress proceeded to increase marginal tax rates but also to give a lot of--to extend a lot of the tax extenders to corporate businesses."
"Let me say what I think is frustrating about this whole issue of raising taxes either to spend more or to reduce the deficit, whatever the motive is, particularly in a time of such high unemployment w..."