Politico.com: on Tax Reform
Joni Ernst:
Make tax code fairer, flatter and simpler: but not FairTax
Ernst said she did not actually embrace the FairTax. Braley accused Ernst of wanting to install a 23% flat sales tax, which she firmly denied. "I have not endorsed any tax plan, so I want to make that very clear," she responded.
She said that she supports reform if it makes the tax code "fairer, flatter and simpler." Democrats circulated the transcript of a radio interview in the summer of 2013 in which she seemed to say that she backs the controversial tax.
Source: Politico.com e-zine on 2014 Iowa Senate debate
Sep 28, 2014
Larry Pressler:
Rich people willing to pay more taxes to help our country
He thinks a solution to the deficit would be pretty easy to reach if both sides cared more about policy than politics: raise some taxes, close some loopholes, slightly raise the Social Security eligibility age, lower the cost-of-living adjustment and cut
defense spending."I don't meet any rich people who aren't willing to pay slightly more taxes, if it would help our country," he said, criticizing past GOP presidents for running up deficits and Grover Norquist for pushing the no-new-taxes pledge.
Source: Politico.com on 2014 South Dakota Senate race
Nov 14, 2013
Michael Bennet:
Reverse Trump tax cuts; restore expanded child tax credit
He vehemently rejected the idea that the expanded child tax credit caused rising prices as it lifted families out of poverty: "It is a ridiculous statement to say $100 billion investment in working people on a $23 trillion dollar economy is going
to drive inflation." Bennet would like to extend those tax credits. Bennet said a bill reversing the Trump tax cuts for the rich, extending tax credits and fighting climate change would be "helpful to me, helpful to the country and helpful to my state."
Source: Politico.com on 2022 Colorado Senate race
May 24, 2022
Mike Bloomberg:
Progressive tax yes; wealth tax no
Some of the most popular issues among Democratic candidates--tuition free college, Medicare for all and a wealth tax--were among the proposals Mike Bloomberg deemed unrealistic, too expensive and even unconstitutional.
He calls for a more progressive tax rate, but sees the wealth tax advocated by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as going too far. "I believe that that plan should be bold and ambitious and most importantly achievable,"
Bloomberg said. "You've got to do something that's practical."
Warren hit back at Bloomberg's claim that her wealth tax proposal is "probably unconstitutional." The Massachusetts Democrat said in a tweet, "Billionaires like Howard Schultz and
Michael Bloomberg want to keep a rigged system in place that benefits only them and their buddies. and they plan to spend gobs of cash to try and buy the presidency to keep it that way. Not on my watch."
Source: Stephanie Murray on Politico.com on 2020 Democratic primary
Jan 29, 2019
Mike Bloomberg:
The wealthy prefer the current rigged system
Some of the most popular issues among Democratic candidates--tuition free college, Medicare for all and a wealth tax--were among the proposals Mike Bloomberg deemed unrealistic, too expensive and even unconstitutional.
He calls for a more progressive tax rate, but sees the wealth tax advocated by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as going too far. "I believe that that plan should be bold and ambitious and most importantly achievable,"
Bloomberg said. "You've got to do something that's practical."
Warren hit back at Bloomberg's claim that her wealth tax proposal is "probably unconstitutional." The Massachusetts Democrat said in a tweet, "Billionaires like Howard Schultz and
Michael Bloomberg want to keep a rigged system in place that benefits only them and their buddies. and they plan to spend gobs of cash to try and buy the presidency to keep it that way. Not on my watch."
Source: Stephanie Murray on Politico.com on 2020 Democratic primary
Jan 29, 2019
Ted Budd:
Endorsed by Club for Growth; against tax increases
Budd has a major ally upon entering the race: The conservative Club for Growth endorsed his candidacy shortly after he launched. The group's president, David McIntosh, previously told
POLITICO they would likely spend seven figures to back him. "Rep. Budd has already proven that he is a conservative champion in the House fighting against reinstating earmarks, bloated budgets, and tax increases," McIntosh said.
Source: Politico.com on 2022 North Carolina Senate race
Apr 28, 2021
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