Political Quotes

Lester Johnson

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Jan 17, 2024

the beauty of this scheme is if you were a low-income worker, the way you collect the taxes through withholding, the corporation will pay the tax for the shareholder, so if you're a low-income taxpayer, you'll get a refund then over that…

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Jan 17, 2024

When I said income is income, there wouldn't be differences. Everything would be taxed at the same rates.

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Jan 17, 2024

I'm always looking at whatever piece of legislation is being proposed as just another band-aid on top of a dying patient.

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Jan 17, 2024

I completely agree with you. Whether you realize it or not, I wasn't a big fan of the tax reform.

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Jan 17, 2024

The problem we have right now is both sides have I would say abused the reconciliation process.

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Jan 17, 2024

I completely agree with you. Whether you realize it or not, I wasn't a big fan of the tax reform.

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Jan 16, 2024

They raise a lot of revenue because they put it on top of other things.

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Jan 16, 2024

The problem we have right now is both sides have I would say abused the reconciliation process.

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Jan 16, 2024

I would treat--I would assess income based on cash. Cash base.

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Jan 16, 2024

Whether you realize it or not, I wasn't a big fan of the tax reform, particularly in its initial state because we were making a huge disparity between C corps and pass-throughs.

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Jan 16, 2024

Part of my frustration here in Congress is no matter what issue you're talking about... I'm always looking at whatever piece of legislation is being proposed as just another band-aid on top of a dying patient.

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