Raising taxes hurts working people and scares away jobs
February 4th, 2012 Posted in Mitt Romney
“I said no to a tax hike; raising taxes hurts working people and scares away jobs. I also said no to more borrowing; borrowing just shifts our problems to the backs of our kids . . . Instead, I went after waste, inefficiency, duplication, and patronage.”
- Governor Mitt Romney, Boston Globe, October 24, 2005
Do you agree with Romney that “raising taxes hurts working people and scares away jobs”? I want to use his candidacy to advance his cause. This means arguments. This means debate. Thomas Jefferson said we should list pros and cons. Here is my list of reasons to agree, please help me advance the argument:
Raising taxes hurts working people and scares away jobs
Reasons to agree
Reasons to agree
- Ireland lowered taxes, and brought all sorts of jobs there.
- We can’t get red of all taxes, but relatively speaking, the higher taxes, the less money companies have to hire people. You say, yes, but taxes can be given to working people. The question is who gives money to working people more efficiently: businesses through jobs or government through handouts. Handouts usually go to the very poor, discourage work, not working people, and they often reward laziness instead of rewarding work.
- If New York has a lot higher taxes, people will move their worldwide headquarters to Houston or London.