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Peter Camejo on Tax Reform
2004 former Reform Party nominee for Vice President; previously Candidate for CA Governor
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Economy will recover when wealthiest pay fair share of taxes
We're right now hitting a record GDP but we have too much unemployment, because we're having a jobless recovery. We need to look at the fact that people paying much higher taxes than the wealthiest people in our state or what the corporations are paying.
I want to cut taxes on the majority of the people, but I want the richest 1% to pay the same taxes you're paying, the average person. So we can balance our budget and start moving in the right direction.
Source: Recall Debate, Cal. State Univ. at Sacramento
Sep 24, 2003
Cutting car tax means cutting education; protect it instead
Q: Your response to the others calling for repealing the car tax?CAMEJO: Our budget heavily funds education. When the Republicans talk about cutting the budget, they will cut education, that is what they are talking about. You notice they never
mention a specific thing about what they will cut. I do not want to cut from education. I want to put more money into it. I do not want to see it privatized. Free public education must be protected and you can only do that with a fair tax in California.
Source: Recall debate in Walnut Creek
Sep 3, 2003
Balance budget by having richest 5% pay same taxes as others
I want to balance the budget. By taking the people that are paying the lowest tax rate-the richest 5%-and have them pay the same taxes you are, that would balance the budget. If we closed the tax loopholes for corporations, get rid of the waste,
we could have a surplus and start to stimulate the economy. Do you know that we can raise taxes? We are 36th in the nation in property taxes. We are 19th in taxes. We need to create the balanced budget through a fair tax.
Source: Recall debate in Walnut Creek
Sep 3, 2003
Streamline all departments to reduce taxes
Indicate the state tax levels you will support. - Slightly Increase Alcohol taxes
- Maintain Status on Capital gains taxes
- Greatly Increase Cigarette taxes
- Maintain Status Corporate taxes
- Slightly Decrease Income taxes (incomes below
$75,000)
- Slightly Increase Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
- Slightly Increase Inheritance taxes
- Slightly Increase Property taxes
- Greatly Decrease Sales taxes
Camejo says, "Taxes much too high. Streamline all departments"
Source: Vote-Smart.org 2002 National Political Awareness Test
Jul 1, 2002