Speech at 2013 CPAC conference: on Tax Reform


Bobby Jindal: Simplify our complicated tax code by blowing it up

Jindal wants to radically simplify our complicated tax code, going so far as to suggest "blowing it up," although he didn't specify what he would replace it with, beyond promising that it would contain fewer weird exemptions and deductions arranged by lobbyists. It would require us to "recalibrate the compass of conservatism." Jindal was relatively unique among CPAC speakers in saying this re-calibration would come in economic, rather than social areas. Most others have been suggesting conservatives move to the left on some social topics, but Jindal would have none of that, because "America already has one liberal party."

"I'm not calling for a period of introspection and navel-gazing," the Governor promised. "Far from it. I'm calling for us to get busy winning the argument. There is much work to be done. Then, after that, we must go out and win the next election, so that we can preserve for our children and grandchildren all that makes us the greatest country in the history of the world."

Source: 2013 Conservative Political Action Conf. in "Human Events" Mar 16, 2013

Ben Carson: Bible endorses flat tax--10% tithing

Although much of Carson's speech focused on personal responsibility, he offered two concrete policy ideas. The first is a flat tax. The Bible endorses the idea, Carson explained. Everyone should tithe--give 10 percent--in good times and bad. It doesn't have to be 10 percent, he conceded. It's the principles of proportionality and simplicity that matter.

Critics complain that the poor guy who puts in $1 will be hurt more than the rich guy who puts in $1 billion. But, Carson asks: "Where does it say you've got to hurt the [rich] guy? He just put a billion dollars in the pot. We don't need to hurt him. It's that kind of thinking that has resulted in 602 banks in the Cayman Islands."

Source: 2013 Conservative Political Action Conf. in National Review Feb 13, 2013

New Testament: OpEd: Bible endorses flat tax--10% tithing

Although much of Carson's speech focused on personal responsibility, he offered two concrete policy ideas. The first is a flat tax. The Bible endorses the idea, Carson explained. Everyone should tithe--give 10 percent--in good times and bad. It doesn't have to be 10 percent, he conceded. It's the principles of proportionality and simplicity that matter.

Critics complain that the poor guy who puts in $1 will be hurt more than the rich guy who puts in $1 billion. But, Carson asks: "Where does it say you've got to hurt the [rich] guy? He just put a billion dollars in the pot. We don't need to hurt him. It's that kind of thinking that has resulted in 602 banks in the Cayman Islands."

Source: 2013 Conservative Political Action Conf. in National Review Feb 13, 2013

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