Mitt Romney

For people to steal from that, either by not paying back a loan or by being dishonest in their use of the funds, is something I find quite extraordinary.

Taking taxes to zero is not going to get us more revenue.

I think it's nuts to somehow think that getting rid of auditors is going to save us money.

I would also strongly believe that putting in place systems makes a lot of sense.

It's a Democrat, excuse me demagogue approach, which is I think designed to say hey, we want to get people to vote for us because we're going to promise them they can cheat in their taxes because there won't be any audits.

Taking taxes to zero is not going to get us more revenue.

I think it's nuts to somehow think that getting rid of auditors is going to save us money.

We ought to have more people doing audits, and that's going to generate more money for the Federal Government.

There's a quote I love, by I think it's H.L. Mencken, who said 'for every complex problem there's an answer that's simple, clear, and wrong.'

I would also strongly believe that putting in place systems makes a lot of sense.

I agree with much of what Senator Van Hollen has just described.

It's a Democrat, excuse me demagogue approach, which is I think designed to say hey, we want to get people to vote for us because we're going to promise them they can cheat in their taxes because there won't be any audits.

I think it's nuts to somehow think that getting rid of auditors is going to save us money.

It's a Democrat, excuse me demagogue approach, which is I think designed to say hey, we want to get people to vote for us because we're going to promise them they can cheat in their taxes because there won't be any audits.

Taking taxes to zero is not going to get us more revenue.

I come away feeling that there ought to be a pox in both our houses, both Republican and Democrat houses.

The idea that somehow we should reduce the number of audits, and the number of IRS agents, and that's going to make us more money is simple, clear, and wrong.

I would also strongly believe that putting in place systems makes a lot of sense.

When we're talking about some social issues, they can become highly divisive, and we end up not doing as well as we could have.

I believe our strategic interests and national security revolve around, if you will, China, Russia, authoritarian States versus ourselves.

Spending money around the world to alleviate things that we wish would go away, but we are never going to get there, would only make sense, in my view, if it has a strategic significance for us.

We think we can solve the problems of health, of food, of energy, the list goes on and on.

We cannot raise the economy of Latin America to a level that people do not want to come here.

This policy is a failure and has to change.

I think that is the fundamental problem with our approach today is that we still continue to hold on to this notion that we can--that we have time.