The Los Angeles Times: on Tax Reform

George W. Bush: Tax plan will focus on jobs and inner cities

Bush said his tax plan would be aimed "to enhance productivity for high-paying jobs." Another tax proposal is new incentives for investment in inner-cities beyond those already achieved by the Clinton administration. Source: L.A. Times May 1, 1999

Gil Cisneros: 2017 tax bill helped billionaires, not average homeowners

Opposed the 2017 tax bill, calling it a tax cut for billionaires.
Criticized the tax cuts' cap on state, local and property tax deductions, saying the average homeowner in the 39th District lost thousands in savings.
Says he wants to reduce taxes for the middle class and eliminate breaks for special interests and corporations that send jobs overseas.

Source: Los Angeles Times on 2018 Congress CA-39 election Oct 25, 2018

John McCain: Keep lump-sum earned income tax credit

McCain said that Congress shouldn't "tamper with a much-needed tax credit for working Americans" and suggested cutting special interest subsidies would be a better way to meet budget targets. McCain called the proposal an "accounting gimmick" to produce $8 billion in savings by spreading the earned income tax credit over 12 monthly payments rather than the lump sum now paid with tax refunds. "If our goal is to have lower-income Americans lifted up into the middle class, this is the wrong way to do it." Source: Will Lester, AP/LA Times Oct 1, 1999

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