Quote by John Cornyn

Raising taxes is the last thing we should do amid the weakest economic recovery since World War II. Unfortunately, even if we avoid the full 'Taxmageddon' scenario, President Obama's health care law also contains a new surtax on investment that will take effect in 2013.

Raising taxes is the last thing we should do amid the weakes

Summary

This quote suggests that raising taxes should be avoided during a period of economic recovery, especially when it is considered to be the weakest one since World War II. It specifically points out that President Obama's health care law includes a new surtax on investment, which will be implemented in 2013. The quote suggests that this surtax, along with potential tax increases, could have a negative impact on the economy and hinder the recovery process.

Topics

Health

By John Cornyn

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

ER was one of my favourites. I played a car accident victim

ER was one of my favourites. I played a car accident victim who has leukemia. I got to wear a neck brace and nose tubes for the two days I worked.

Car

I am like a kid. I tell my family and friends I'm like a kid

I am like a kid. I tell my family and friends I'm like a kid.

Family

Although my dad was a doctor, we weren't necessarily a super

Although my dad was a doctor, we weren't necessarily a super-artsy family. We were just a classic, traditional family who got to take a lot of piano lessons and became a bunch of musicians.

Dad

Lord Jesus, I am weary in Thy work, but not of it. If I have

Lord Jesus, I am weary in Thy work, but not of it. If I have not yet finished my course, let me go and speak for Thee once more in the field, seal Thy truth, and come home to die.

George Whitefield

Truth Work Home

Give me the critic bred in Nature's school, who neither talk

Give me the critic bred in Nature's school, who neither talks by rote, nor thinks by rule; who feeling's honest dictates still obeys, and dares, without a precedent, to praise.

Sir Martin Archer Shee

Criticism

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, bu

Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them.

Charles Caleb Colton

Opportunity

For four years, I listened to stories of intelligence failur

For four years, I listened to stories of intelligence failures, and it wasn't due to incompetence of anyone in the system, but that the system is so arcane.

Charles F. Bass

Intelligence

I feel completely alone - it's like melting, I am the struct

I feel completely alone - it's like melting, I am the structure, and I am also Alain Robert.

I have eclectic tastes in the movies I want to do.

I have eclectic tastes in the movies I want to do.

Movies

Those who can do, those who can't teach.

Those who can do, those who can't teach.

George Bernard Shaw

Teachers

The way I look at it, movies are a different medium for stor

The way I look at it, movies are a different medium for storytelling than books.

Josh Hutcherson

Movies