CampusElect.org 2018 Gubernatorial coverage: on Corporations

Matt Bevin: Signed $106 million tax cut for banks & other institutions

Beshear : Opposes shift from income to sales taxes. Limit tax incentives for outside corporations. Add new revenue sources like casino gambling & taxing medical marijuana. End tax incentives for companies that don't pay a living wage.

Bevin: Signed $106 million tax cut for banks & other institutions. Would shift revenue base to sales taxes: "I think the state income tax & state corporate tax should be zero." Offer tax incentives for corporations investing in state

Ben Jealous: New taxes on out-of-state retailers & hedge fund income

Hogan: Proposed legislation to protect Marylanders from being "negatively affected" after passage.

Jealous: No. Denounced the GOP tax law, calling it "disastrous legislation."

Taxes: Proposals on state taxes

Hogan: Has cut taxes in current term. Would exempt retirement income from taxation.

Jealous: Cut sales tax while legalizing & taxing marijuana & creating new taxes on out-of-state retailers & hedge fund income.

Fred Hubbell: Opposes corporate subsidies to big companies to create jobs

Hubbell: No. Opposes major cuts to revenue streams. Considers fiscally irresponsible, and similarly opposed Trump tax cuts as regressive. Also opposes corporate subsidies like giving Apple $20 million credit to create 50 jobs.

Reynolds: Yes. Believes they provide important relief to middle and working class individuals and small businesses.

Kim Reynolds: $2B tax cuts provide relief to taxpayers & small businesses

Hubbell: No. Opposes major cuts to revenue streams. Considers fiscally irresponsible, and similarly opposed Trump tax cuts as regressive. Also opposes corporate subsidies like giving Apple $20 million credit to create 50 jobs.

Reynolds: Yes. Believes they provide important relief to middle and working class individuals and small businesses.

Andrew Gillum: Trump tax cuts gave billions to our richest corporations

Ron DeSantis (R): Yes. "The reforms will better enable American companies to compete with foreign businesses & will help stem the tide of companies & jobs going overseas."

Andrew Gillum (D): No. Puts "billions of dollars in the coffers of our richest corporations, money that would otherwise protect Social Security & Medicare, & pay for roads & bridges."

Q: Increase taxes on corporations and/or high-income individuals to pay for public services?

Ron DeSantis (R): No. Keep Florida a low-tax state "by opposing tax increases & requiring a supermajority vote in the Legislature to raise taxes."

Andrew Gillum (D): Yes. Increase Florida's corporate tax rate by 2% to generate $1 billion for education funding.

Bill Lee: Reduce the tax & regulatory burden for everyone

Karl Dean (D): Would allow counties to increase gas tax to fund local transportation infrastructure.

Bill Lee (R): Recruiting new businesses while "growing Tennessee businesses of all sizes. requires reducing the tax & regulatory burden for everyone."

Richard Cordray: Ran Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Richard Cordray (D): Yes. Ran Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which forced financial institutions to return $12 billion to consumers. Has challenged Ohio payday lending industry.

Mike DeWine (R): No. Make Ohio a low tax, low regulation state that's attractive to businesses. Let governor suspend regulations that adversely affect job creation.

Steve Pearce: Trump tax cuts are a shot in the arm to manufacturers

Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): No. They resemble failed past policies that "reward the wealthiest people & special interests, while adding as much as $1.5 trillion to our national debt."

Steve Pearce (R): Yes. Will "give a shot in the arm to all manufacturers, & small businesses will be able to become a little more stable."

The above quotations are from CampusElect.org 2018 Campus Election Engagement Project. Click here for definitions & background information on Corporations. Click here for other issues (main summary page). Click here for more quotes by Charlie Baker on Corporations.
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