It Takes a Family, by Rick Santorum: on Tax Reform


Rick Santorum: More child credit for larger families earning over $110,000

We need a tax policy that stops discriminating against families and starts favoring them. That means not only making the repeal of the marriage penalty permanent, but increasing both the child credit and the deduction for children. Even the $1,000 credit and the dependent child deduction offset only a small portion of the costs associated with raising a child today.

That was not always the case. In 1950, before government exploded, the average tax burden on the American family was 2% of its income. Today the burden is 25%, over half of which is Social Security and Medicare taxes. And the burden is often heavier for larger families, because of the phasing out of the child credit for families with a total income of $110,000. Now, before you start complaining about tax breaks for the rich, answer me this: Is a family making $110,000 with one child as well off economically as a family with 8 children at that same salary? Obviously not, but the tax code phases out the child credit all the same.

Source: It Takes A Family, by Sen. Rick Santorum, p. 96 Apr 30, 2006

Ronald Reagan: OpEd: Common sense conservatives support supply-side

Ever since Ronald Reagan entered the White House in 1981, conservatives have been consistent and clear about what economic policies broadly promote a prosperous America and therefore strengthen family life. Whether you call it Reaganomics, supply-side economics, or something else, conservatives believe in lower taxes; common-sense, predictable regulation; free trade; and less litigation. They believe in the power of markets more than they do the power of government: that is, they wish to promote an economy based on freedom and opportunity. Conservatives believe, and for the most part I agree, that the marketplace, while competitive and often brutal arena, is the fairest way to reward people for their labor and ingenuity. Free markets are also the basis of all real lasting wealth creation.
Source: It Takes A Family, by Sen. Rick Santorum, p.121 Apr 30, 2006

  • The above quotations are from It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good, by Rick Santorum.
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