Past and present Senate candidates from Michigan: on Tax Reform


Bob Young: Taxes need to be made simpler and flatter

Q: On taxes, what do you want to change?

A: We need to do something about taxes. I just did a tour of northern Michigan businesses. I was talking to a dairy farmer up there & I said, "I went to Harvard law school, I've been on the supreme court for 18 years and I don't think I can do my taxes I have a professional do it." And he said "My tax return last year was 94 pages." This is a dairy farmer. We need a flat tax, we need something that you don't have to be a tax attorney to do, and it's fair."

Source: Mike Hewitt Show WKBZ-AM on 2018 Michigan Senate race Jul 19, 2017

Marcia Squier: Wealthiest get wealthier via tax loopholes

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

A: Strongly support. The middle class is disappearing and the lower class is growing astronomically, while the wealthiest become even wealthier, using tax loopholes and other means to continue this rift.

Source: OnTheIssues interview on 2018 Michigan Senate race Jul 19, 2017

Bret McAtee: Current confiscatory tax policy is unconstitutional

Elected officials from the two major parties are drunk with power and ignore the Constitution at every turn. This is seen in their making policy in areas that are constitutionally forbidden them and in a taxation policy that is confiscatory.
Source: Declaration of Candidacy For Michigan US Senate Jan 1, 2006

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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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