“This plan will be paid for by reducing or eliminating most of the deductions and loopholes that allow the very rich to pay lower taxes, by the repatriation of corporate cash held overseas, by putting an end to allowing corporations to defer taxes on income earned outside this country, and by cutting…”
— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
“A key component of this plan is a onetime repatriation of corporate cash now held overseas at a 10 percent tax rate. Under this plan, corporations would profit tremendously by bringing home that $2.5 trillion and putting it to work—while benefitting from the globally competitive, newly lowered corpo…”
— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
“Under Ronald Reagan we had the best corporate tax rate in the industrialized world. Now we've got the worst. Rather than working with our corporations to rebuild our economy and create millions of jobs, we're practically forcing them to relocate. This tax plan would cut the corporate tax rate to 15…”
— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
“In an inversion a company moves its legal headquarters to a lower-tax nation and pays taxes there. It isn't illegal or dishonest or even unpatriotic, it's just good business. Any business that does not take advantage of the opportunity to increase revenue by lowering its taxes isn't being properly m…”
— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
“When the income tax was first introduced, only one percent of Americans were taxed. It was never intended to be a tax on most Americans. Under this plan the income tax will be eliminated for nearly 75 million households, and 42 million households that now have to file complex forms that they often n…”
— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
“With disciplined budget management and elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse, this plan will allow us to balance the budget, grow the economy at record levels, clear the backlog of workers sitting at home, and begin the process of reducing our debt. With moderate growth, this plan will be revenue n…”
— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
“My approach to tax policy will do just what needs to be done. For all Americans the uncertainty and complexity of a tax code written for special interests and the very rich will be removed and a clear future will be available for all. The plan has several goals. Let me make it clear that this set of…”
— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
“My net worth is in excess of $10 billion—even more than people thought. As any accountant will tell you, it's actually almost impossible to put down a specific number because large assets are always in flux. The total value not only changes every day—it changes every hour.”
— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
“It's incredible to me how dishonest the media in this country really is. People sometimes forget that the newspapers and television stations are profit-making businesses—or at least they're trying to be. if they had to choose between honest reporting and making a profit, which choice do you think th…”
— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
“The truly odious Jonah Goldberg of the National Review was his usual incompetent self when he wrote—"Arguing with Trump is sort of like dressing up an adorable toddler in a Viking outfit and listening to him say he will raid my village and slaughter all in his path. It's cute. It's funny. Maybe it's…”
— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
“Our police officers are doing an incredible job keeping us as safe as possible, but the job is getting harder for them because they aren't getting the support they need. Like our military, they must have whatever equipment they need to protect themselves and all our honest, hardworking citizens. Gov…”
— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
“The kinds of people we need in government are executives who know how to get things done. These are the types of workers and executives who already are, or who will become, stars in any industry. There are also many workers in our civil service who are waiting for good leaders to inspire them. Years…”
— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
“My own style of conducting business is straightforward. I think big. I aim very high, and then I keep pushing and pushing toward that goal—and beyond it. In the end I may not get everything I want—I understand that—but I never compromise on the basic goals I set out for.”
— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
“Many of the lessons I've learned in business are applicable to our current situation. The most important lesson is this—Stand behind your word, and make sure your word stands up. People who have done business with me will tell you that I never say something unless I mean it. I don't make promises I…”
— Donald Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again