Donald Trump proposes to raise income taxes on wealthy Americans

Something we've advocated strongly and worked for many years here because it is the right thing to do. The working class and middle class need additional tax relief, and this is the way to get it."

Bannon added

I'm not a big fan of doing that. We're the Republican Party, and we're for tax reduction for everyone—that's a general principle that we always try to abide by. There's lots of discussion, lots of ideas on the Hill. People have different thoughts and theories on how we can solve this perfect equation to get all of this done. But I wouldn't put any money on any of that yet."

Johnson previously weighed in on raising taxes on millionaires, telling Fox News last month

I think it would be very disruptive because a lot of the millionaires would leave the country,

he told reporters in the Oval Office last month

Any suggestion that I've heard among some in and around the administration that we raise the top margin rate, the so-called millionaires tax, would be an enormous tax increase on small business owners across America,

Pence said

I really do believe that for prosperity … for the success of our country, we need to stick to those time-honored principles of strong defense, American leadership on the world stage, less government, less taxes, traditional moral values and the right to life, and I’m going to be a voice for that,

Pence added

Let’s make all the Trump-Pence tax cuts permanent. That’s a way to really lay a foundation to grow the economy in the days ahead,

Pence urged

I personally think, you know, I'm focused on the Senate bill on pro-growth tax policies and permanence, particularly for the TCJA, and increasing those taxes does not fit that standard, in my opinion,

Crapo said

Raising taxes on America's highest earners and biggest job creators makes no sense. I don't understand why there are some inside the current administration who are pushing Congress to raise the top rate, because again, these are America's job creators,

Short said

Congress needs to get its fiscal house in order, but it must do so by tightening its own belt, not by forcing American taxpayers to tighten theirs. A higher top tax rate would be counterproductive, discouraging hard work and entrepreneurship,

Stern said

Raising taxes on any American should be completely off the table."

Americans for Prosperity chief government affairs officer Brent Gardner said in a statement

I think the no tax on Social Security, it seems like what we're trying to do is different from 2017, when we passed the Tax Cuts and Job Act,

he said

I feel like some of the administration's new requirements are somewhat gimmicky. I'm not sure many Americans who earn their income based on tips are even paying taxes on those tips right now. And I think we should begin to extend that to say no tax on overtime,

he said

Hugh Hewittthe conservative commentator

So right now, I’m not excited about the proposal,

he said in an interview with the conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt

At this point we have to find the savings so I think everything is being taken under consideration.”

When asked how seriously these new proposals are being taken, the House Republican told NBC News

Donald Trumppresident

I actually love the concept,

Mr Trump recently told Time magazine, when asked about a proposal apparently circulating among his inner circle to raise taxes for those earning more than $1 million a year

They’ve been talking about this for weeks,

one source said

I don’t want it to be used against me politically, because I’ve seen people lose elections for less, especially with the fake news.”

Although he added

You lose a lot of money if you do that. And other countries that have done it have lost a lot of people. They lose their wealthy people. That would be bad because the wealthy people pay the tax,

he said

This is to pay for working and middle class tax cuts that were promised, and protect Medicaid,

an administration official said

I'm not in favor of raising the tax rates because our party is the group that stands against that traditionally,

he said on Fox News in April