Raising taxes does nothing to allow the economy to recover.

You don't get an economy growing by raising taxes.

In New Mexico, I inherited the largest structural deficit in state history, and our legislature is controlled by Democrats. We don't always agree, but we came together in a bipartisan manner and turned that deficit into a surplus. And we did it without raising taxes.

Raising taxes in an economic downturn is not a good idea.

Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.

While the deficit and debt are serious problems, I oppose solving these problems by raising taxes.