Bill Clinton Quotes on Tax (3 Quotes)

There's a lot of evidence you can sell people on tax increases if they think it's an investment

A guy is walking along the edge of the Grand Canyon and he falls off. He's hurtling down hundreds of feet to certain death and he looks up and grabs this twig, and it breaks his fall. He heaves a sigh of relief, and then, all of a sudden, he sees the roots coming loose. He looks up to the sky and says, God, why me I'm a good person. I've taken care of my family. I've paid all my taxes, I've worked all my life. Why me And this thunderous voice says, Son, there's just something about you that I don't like.

I think it's very important that Americans understand... tax cuts are always popular, but about half of these tax cuts since 2001 have gone to people in my income group, the top 1 percent. I've gotten four tax cuts. They're responsible for this big structural deficit, and they're not going away, the deficits aren't.