
Entry 033Aug 18, 1988
“Read my lips: no new taxes.”33
33Vice President George H. W. Bush, Vice President; Republican presidential nominee, Republican National Convention, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, August 18, 1988. Source
Why it’s on the record. On June 26, 1990 the White House said a deficit deal required 'tax revenue increases'. That November Bush signed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, which raised the top income tax rate and excise taxes.
On the record
Accepting the nomination, Bush set his no-tax pledge against Michael Dukakis's refusal to rule out tax increases.
- Said by
- Vice President George H. W. Bush, Vice President; Republican presidential nominee
- Where
- Republican National Convention, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans
- When
- Aug 18, 1988
- Source
- Republican National Convention, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, August 18, 1988