There are two things that can hurt an economy, one is a deficit and the other is higher taxes, so it's almost a matter of pick your poison, ... But why do we have to run deficits, or why do we need higher taxes? They both really stem from not the tax cuts but from overspending.

This economy is even more resilient than even I had expected.

I don't think it's ever the time to balance the budget by raising taxes on the most productive Americans.

I think that one of the funny things is, our economy has six or seven speedometers and six of those show acceleration and great robust speed but one of them doesn't. Well, you're perfectly suited for a political campaign because you get to pick the speedometer you want people to focus on,

High energy prices act like a consumption tax and consumption taxes eventually hurt the economy.

Raising taxes as the economy begins to take off makes no sense.