WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is expected to release his fiscal plan detailing a $1 trillion net tax increase. Below are the top five “Let’s Hike Taxes” quotations from Coburn:
“Why will I take on those that are against tax increases for Republicans? Because it’s the right thing to do to save our country.”
-Tom Coburn, 29 May 2011, on C-SPAN’s Newsmaker program [Video Link]
“I’ve been just as vocal supporting revenue increases after I left the commission as I was before.
-Tom Coburn, 29 May 2011, on C-SPAN’s Newsmaker program [Video Link]
"Do I believe we have to raise taxes to be able to get a deal to cut spending? Yeah."
-Tom Coburn, 9 June 2011, on MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan Show [Video Link]
“You know, the reason I'll stand up as a conservative Republican, one of the biggest deficit hawks in Congress, and say ‘I'll negotiate on taxes’ — because our country’s in trouble.”
–Tom Coburn, 14 June 2011, on the Early Show, CBS News [Video Link]
“Everybody knows there is gonna have to be a compromise on some sort of revenue increase as we make the major cuts. That’s just fact.”
-Tom Coburn, 14 June 2011, on MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell [Video Link]