Raising taxes hurts working people and scares away jobs.

Reasons to agree

1. Ireland lowered taxes, and brought all sorts of jobs there.

Reasons to disagree

1. It's all relative. What is important is that New York has lower corporate taxes than London.
2. We can't get red of all taxes.
3. Raising taxes forces companies to employ fewer people, which isn't a big deal when you have low unemployment.

Motivation of those who agree:

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Motivation of those who disagree:

1. Finding exceptions to a general rule that everyone knows is true when not taken out of context.

A little more context:

"I said no to a tax hike; raising taxes hurts working people and scares away jobs. I also said no to more borrowing; borrowing just shifts our problems to the backs of our kids . . . Instead, I went after waste, inefficiency, duplication, and patronage."

• Governor Mitt Romney, Boston Globe, October 24, 2005