2020 NJ Senatorial race: on Tax Reform


Hirsh Singh: End the inheritance tax, the gas tax, and property tax hikes

We plan to lower taxes to let you keep more of what you earn and bring jobs back to New Jersey. Our tax plan includes:
Source: Ballotpedia.org Connection: 2020 New Jersey Senate race Nov 1, 2017

Hirsh Singh: Higher tax burdens are counterproductive

What is the Democrat's default response to New Jersey's financial crisis? Raise property taxes! Raise fuel taxes! Raise income taxes! Raise sales taxes! When will enough be enough?

New Jersey's gas tax has lost much of its revenue productivity. The evidence is incontrovertible; not only are such tax burdens counterproductive, but even with the extra revenue Democrats will still find a way to waste it faster than they can take it from you. Your money is best spent by you, not the government.

Source: 2020 New Jersey Senate campaign website HirshSingh.com Jun 11, 2020

Stuart Meissner: Remove cap on federal deductions for local taxes

One quibble Meissner has with Trump is over the 2017 tax bill that capped the state's so-called SALT deduction at $10,000. Like many state politicians from both parties, Meissner wants to do away with the cap. And he suggests that one reason it came about was because there were not enough Republicans representing impacted states like New Jersey to negotiate a better deal.
Source: InsiderNJ.com on 2020 New Jersey Senate race Dec 12, 2019

Stuart Meissner: Raise property tax deduction to $20,000

Regarding Trump's legislation limiting property tax deductions to $10,000, Meissner was against it. However, he placed the blame for its passage on Booker, saying "For all his talk of reaching across the aisle, when it came to it he actually burned the aisle." He claimed that because of Booker's animosity towards Trump, the bill went through. "We didn't have a voice." Meissner wants the deductible raised to $20,000.
Source: Jewish Link NJ e-zine on 2020 New Jersey Senate race Jan 22, 2020

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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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