The fact is, the top 10 percent of income earners earn 47 percent of the income in America and pay 71 percent of all the taxes.
And the effect of this, of course, all else being equal, is it keeps Federal marginal rates higher than they would otherwise be if we had a ...
We have an extremely progressive tax code, and it is going to remain a very progressive tax code.
In my view, we ought to have a very pro-growth tax code that is going to encourage an economic expansion, and if, along the way, a relativel...
If you lower marginal rates, you change incentives. You increase the incentives to work, to save, to invest.
I think we have all agreed that we would like for tax reform to provide tax relief for working-class and middle-income families.
I think that is a waste of money.
I do not see a huge amount of that going forward.
the idea is to put in place a clear structure of escalating sanctions that will take place.
I think that is a very sensible balance and maintains a lot of discretion for the President, while involving Congress in the decision making...
Is there agreement that such secondary sanctions would impose significant new pressure on the regime?