Scott Hodge Quotes (11 Quotes)

Alaska, in many respects, is a cheaper tax place to do business and should be a very attractive place for companies to locate or expand in.

It is absolutely staggering the amount of money the oil companies already pay in taxes. Government has profited more from the oil industry than the oil industry has profited from consumers.

Alaska has the third best tax system for business in the nation for the second year in a row.

It's bad for the federal government to rely on a shrinking group of American to pay all the bills and exclude millions of people from paying their fair share or some share.

You're foursquare in a dilemma if you want to broaden the base and lower tax rates. If you broaden the base, you raise taxes on people who pay nothing, and if you lower rates you cut taxes for the rich.

These findings raise serious questions about the future of the U. S. income tax system. The majority of the federal tax burden is being borne by a shrinking pool of taxpayers. As Congress considers tax reform proposals during the coming year, this is an issue lawmakers should begin to debate.

The problem isn't the number of dollars Illinois gets back from Washington. It's the number of dollars Illinois sends Washington in the first place.

You had a president who was clearly committed to fundamental tax reform, and we assumed that they would be taking that commitment to heart.

What we need is a windfall profits tax on government. Government makes far more money per gallon than the oil companies do.

Taxes matter to businesses. How a state taxes business is just as important as how much a state taxes businesses.

If local citizens want to pony up the money to right this wrong, they should put up the tax dollars. They should not come begging to Washington to do it.