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11-HR025 on Jan 5, 2011

Congress finds the Federal income tax--
1. retards economic growth and has reduced the standard of living
2. impedes the international competitiveness of US industry
3. reduces savings and investment by taxing income multiple times
4. slows the capital formation necessary for real wages to steadily increase
5. lowers productivity
6. imposes unacceptable and unnecessary administrative and compliance costs
7. is unfair and inequitable
8. unnecessarily intrudes upon the privacy and civil rights of US citizens
9. impedes upward social mobility.

Findings Relating to National Sales Tax- Congress finds further that a broad-based national sales tax on goods and services purchased for final consumption--
1. is similar in many respects to the sales and use taxes in place in 45 of the 50 States
2. will promote savings and investment
3. will promote fairness
4. will promote economic growth
5. will raise the standard of living
6. will increase investment
7. will enhance productivity and international competitiveness
8. will reduce administrative burdens on the American taxpayer
9. will improve upward social mobility; and
10. will respect the privacy interests and civil rights of taxpayers.

REPEAL OF THE INCOME TAX, PAYROLL TAXES, AND ESTATE AND GIFT TAXES
• Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to income taxes and self-employment taxes) is repealed.
• Subtitle C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to payroll taxes and withholding of income taxes) is repealed.
• Funding of Social Security Trust Funds [will be] from general revenue
• Subtitle B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to estate and gift taxes) is repealed.
• IMPOSITION OF SALES TAX: There is hereby imposed a tax on the use or consumption in the US of taxable property or services.
• In the calendar year 2013, the rate of tax is 23% of the gross payments for the taxable property or service.

Participating counts on VoteMatch question 11. Question 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
• Topic: Tax Reform
• Headline: Replace income tax & estate tax with 23% sales tax (Score: -2)
• Headline 2: Sponsored bill to replace income tax with 23% sales tax (Score: -2)
  
  Participating counts on AmericansElect question 1.
• Headline: Replace income tax & estate tax with 23% sales tax (Answer: A)
• Headline 2: Sponsored bill to replace income tax with 23% sales tax (Answer: A)
• AmericansElect Quiz Question 1 on Economy: When you think about the US budget deficit, which of the following solutions is closest to your opinion?
  • A: Cutting existing programs
  • B: More spending cuts than tax increases (mix of both solutions)
  • C: More tax increases than spending cuts (mix of both solutions)
  • D: Raising Taxes
  • E: Unsure
  
  
  
• Key for participation codes:
• Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
• Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
• Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
• Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
• Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.