2018 MA Senate race: on Tax Reform


Allen Waters: Advocate of FairTax system, pay taxes only on what you buy

Press release: "Allen R. Waters, Senate candidate challenging Elizabeth Warren, signs the FairTax Pledge."

"Why is it that both Republicans and Democrats in the Bay State recognize that when we tax products like cigarettes to discourage people from engaging in that behavior, the same is true with productivity?" states Waters. ÿ"The more we tax what people earn, the more we discourage them from being productive members of our community," Waters continued. The Federal government and Beacon Hill does not have a revenue problem, they have a spending problem," stated Waters.

The Fair Tax is a consumption tax whereby citizens pay only upon the purchase of new goods and services. Recognizing that our income is our reward for the work and risks we take to improve our lives, our families, and those people businesses employ; taxing such effort is truly counterproductive. ÿ

Source: 2018 Massachusetts Senate campaign website AllenRWaters.com Apr 4, 2018

Heidi Wellman: Oppose higher taxes on the wealthy

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Higher taxes on the wealthy"?

A: NO

Source: OnTheIssues interview of 2018 Massachusetts Senate candidate Mar 7, 2018

Shiva Ayyadurai: Low taxes for innovators & job creators

Money goes where there's a stable economy, low inflation and low taxes. Increasing taxes on those who innovate and take risks to deliver jobs will destroy our system. Our current 35% corporate tax is the highest in the industrialized world.
Source: 2018 Massachusetts Senatorial website shiva4senate.com Oct 15, 2017

Geoff Diehl: Voted against all tax increases

Geoff led the successful ballot question to repeal automatic gas tax hikes--saving us $2 billion. We have avoided 3 gas tax increases due to Geoff. He made and kept the promise to vote against all tax increases. He is the only candidate in the race to have earned a 100% rating from Citizens for Limited Taxation and Government in standing up for taxpayers.
Source: 2018 Massachusetts Senatorial website DiehlForSenate.com Oct 1, 2017

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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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