2022 VT Senate race: on Tax Reform


Gerald Malloy: For limited government, not overspending, not more taxes

Gerald Malloy, has his own list of priorities. "I watched in the last year and a half -- my opinion, the country is going in the wrong direction," he said. "As a Republican to a limited government, not more overspending, not more taxes, and most importantly, to protect the constitutional rights of Vermonters and all Americans," Malloy said.
Source: WCAX on 2022 Vermont Senate race Jul 7, 2022

Peter Welch: More enforcement of taxes due from the top 1%

Malloy asked Welch about his recent support for an $80 billion increase to the Internal Revenue Service's budget and cited a recent Syracuse University study, which found that the poor are about 5 times more likely to be audited than the rich. The cash influx is intended to fund thousands of new auditors, and the Republican asked the Democrat why, in this economy, the latter wanted to "increase tax collection on Americans."

Welch replied that the money was intended to fund audits on the rich, who are finding it increasingly easy to dodge their obligations.

"There are a lot of Americans who make an awful lot of money who aren't paying their taxes. And I think their taxes ought to be collected," Welch said. "The estimates are [that the] top 1% are not paying $160 billion a year in taxes that they owe. Not higher taxes, not new taxes, taxes that are due."

Source: Valley News on 2022 Vermont Senate race Sep 10, 2022

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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)

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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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