2014 Oklahoma Governor's race: on Tax Reform


Joe Dorman: End tax giveaways to those who really don't need a tax break

For the past four years, we've had policies sugar-coated as tax cuts which are actually tax giveaways to those who really don't need a tax break.

We've weathered the recession storm but aren't out of the woods just yet. Job creation comes through common sense tax policies which will put Oklahoma on the forefront as a state that caters to a 21st century economy serving all of its people.

Source: 2014 Oklahoma Gubernatorial campaign website JoeDorman.com Jul 2, 2014

Mary Fallin: Tax cuts if fiscally possible and politically possible

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin was noncommittal Thursday about whether her proposed budget for next fiscal year will include an income-tax cut after receiving projections that revenues available for appropriation will be down $170.8 million. "We're going to continue to talk to the Legislature about what is possible this legislative year as far as it relates to tax cuts," Fallin said. "We still believe in that as a state, but we do have a lot of other needs in Oklahoma."

The governor's spokesman was more succinct: "We have to see two things: What's fiscally possible and what's politically possible."

The governor said she continues to support philosophically the idea of a tax cut and believes lowering taxes is important in successfully competing with other states. Whether to once again push for a tax cut is a hot topic at the Capitol after the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down a law that called for incremental state income tax cuts tied to economic growth.

Source: The Oklahoman on 2014 Oklahoma Governor race Dec 20, 2013

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Candidates and political leaders on Tax Reform:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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