Posted on 12/02/2007 1:44:25 PM PST by FocusNexus
THE AD: When I became mayor of New York City, things were out of control. I lowered taxes. I reduced the growth of government. Made government more accountable. And New York City boomed. I would do these things for America because I know they work. I know that reducing taxes produces more revenues. Democrats don't know that. They don't believe it. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards -- here's a promise I assure you they'll keep. They are making the promise to raise taxes. The only thing I can tell you in addition to that is they'll raise taxes even more than they promise.
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Giuliani's insistence that tax-cutting "produces more revenues" is the supply-side gospel first preached by Ronald Reagan, and a matter of fierce dispute among economists. Indeed, Giuliani invokes National Review and conservative commentator Larry Kudlow to validate the claim.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Don’t give me that crap, Rudy. Tell me which taxes you would cut.
Another high profile article with Rudy grabbing the spotlight.
Where’s Fred Thompson?
This is why they have their respective places in the polls.
Since you asked:
CUT TAXES TO KEEP AMERICA'S ECONOMY STRONG & CREATE JOBS
"I've seen how pro-growth policies lead to broader prosperity. We'll not only keep the current tax cuts in place or their equivalent, we'll enact additional tax relief and give the Death Tax the death penalty. High tax rates hurt business and destroy jobs. I know that tax cuts are good for the economy. It's not just theory for me because I cut taxes and got results as Mayor of New York City. As President, I will cut taxes further."
-- Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Lower Marginal Tax Rates: Rudy will permanently lower marginal rates to the current level and possibly further.
Give The Death Tax The Death Penalty: Rudy will commit to ending the Death Tax so wealth passed on to future generations is not subject to this punitive tax while preventing double taxation. The current Death Tax sets the tax rate at 45% through 2009, drops to 0% in 2010, and reinstates the pre-tax cut rate of 55% in 2011.
Prevent An Unprecedented Tax Increase: Rudy will commit to preventing the American public from facing a $3 trillion or more tax increase over the next 10 years by making the current tax provisions -- like the marriage penalty relief and child tax credit -- permanent and reining in the growth of the Alternative Minimum Tax.
Tie Alternative Minimum Tax To Inflation: Under Rudy's plan, the Alternative Minimum Tax will be indexed for inflation to prevent it from unintentionally raising taxes on 30 million Americans – nearly one-fifth of all taxpayers.
Ensure Lower, More Competitive Corporate Tax Rates: Rudy believes that ensuring lower, more competitive corporate tax rates will solidify a strong and growing economy that creates jobs for Americans. America's effective corporate tax rates are among the highest in the world.
ENCOURAGE SAVINGS & CREATE NEW SAVINGS INCENTIVES
Expand Tax-Free Savings Accounts: The expansion of tax-free savings accounts will encourage Americans to save and eliminate the double taxation of individuals' current savings.
REFORM THE TAX TREATMENT OF HEALTH CARE
Expand Health Care Choice Through Tax Code Reform: Rudy proposes an income exclusion of up to $15,000 for families without employer-based health coverage to make insurance more affordable.
Assist Low-Income Americans To Secure Health Insurance: Rudy will commit to a Health Insurance Credit for low-income Americans that can be coupled with other revenue sources such as Medicaid and employer contributions to make coverage more affordable to millions who are uninsured.
Released: 8.24.07
Rudy may not be a social conservative, but in the area of taxes and fiscal responsibility, there is a world of difference between Rudy and Hillary. Something to ponder.
Just picture Hillary with the Dem Congress.
As reported by the Associated Press, Sen. Clinton said, "Many of you are well enough off that ... the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
Although I would like to hear a candidate call for the elimination of the AMT, this is a good start.
let the Rudy haters commence their bashing...
Rudy is scum...........details at 11........
And I hit Rudy on gun rights
Abortion
his support for the homosexual agenda
amnesty
Support for illegals
large govt.
Lots of welfare
and I do not support him
... and he looks bad in a dress!
Regards
” and he looks bad in a dress!”
Hah!
He still looks better than Hillary in a dress — Rudy at least has good legs. ;)
So, is Steve Forbes misinformed?
Steve Forbes Hits Iowa Campaigning for Guiliani
“I think he’s the number one candidate on both national security and improving our economy. We have a much more competitive world. He demonstrated in New York City that he can keep spending, control spending, cut it, cut taxes even though the democrats had a nine to one advantage in the city council. He cut crime, cut welfare rolls, handled the crisis of 9-11,” says Forbes.
http://www.kmeg14.com/Global/story.asp?S=7346602&nav=menu609_2_5
National Security and Taxes are the two issues I am most concerned about. Illegal Immigration is #3. I think Rudy has it right on taxes. The Fair Tax is desirable and the Flat Tax would never pass.
I think Giuliani is pragmatic, isn’t chasing mirages and rainbows. He would get us the best deal possible, given all the Democrats in Congress and elsewhere, and he can beat Hillary.
You can have all the best conservative principles and right ideas, but if you can’t implement them, it isn’t goint to help us.
BTW, I think he has the same pragmatic approach to illegal immigration.
Giuliani: Stop illegal immigration at border
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933316/posts
I think that we must be the only two on FR to be willing to give Rudy a chance. Between Fred Thompson supporters, those who refuse to leave the house on Election Day if Rudy is nominated, the Ron Paul “plants” from DU as well as his own supporters here, and the Duncan Hunter fans who can’t acknowledge that he doesn’t have a chance, one can easily get verbally assaulted on FR if you don’t go along with their contempt of Rudy. For a website that promotes conservatism and often posts prayers and Christian articles, this audience can be remarkably intolerant, cruel and insulting to complete strangers, and prematurely judgmental.
Ronald Reagan on the importance of political compromise(in his own words)
An American Life (his autobiography) | 8/7/03 | Ronald Reagan
“When I began entering into the give and take of legislative bargaining in Sacramento, a lot of the most radical conservatives who had supported me during the election didn’t like it.
“Compromise” was a dirty word to them and they wouldn’t face the fact that we couldn’t get all of what we wanted today. They wanted all or nothing and they wanted it all at once. If you don’t get it all, some said, don’t take anything.
“I’d learned while negotiating union contracts that you seldom got everything you asked for. And I agreed with FDR, who said in 1933: ‘I have no expectations of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average.’
“If you got seventy-five or eighty percent of what you were asking for, I say, you take it and fight for the rest later, and that’s what I told these radical conservatives who never got used to it.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/960104/posts
Thank you for the RR quote. I also heard on Fox tonight a replay of his 1981 Christmas address. Gee, I’d forgotten how much I miss that man!
Now if only people really wanted to follow in Ronald Reagan’s footsteps...
Giuliani and the Fiscal Conservative Race [Byron York]
The Giuliani campaign has just released a letter from Americans for Tax Reform chief Grover Norquist to Giuliani. In a race in which the candidates are competing for the mantle of top fiscal conservative, this is pretty good:
In looking at the records of all the Republican candidates, yours clearly stands out. You cut the income tax, business taxes, sales taxes, property-related taxes, and nuisance taxes. You are the most successful tax cutter in modern New York history and, on balance, the most successful tax cutter in the Republican field today. If you are elected president, I will look forward to working with you to reduce and reform taxes, restore fiscal discipline, increase government transparency, and pursue pro-growth policies that will improve America’s competitiveness in the global economy.
Glowing. But why did Norquist, who has not endorsed any candidate, write the letter to Giuliani? The answer goes back to the CNN/YouTube debate, in which Norquist asked the candidates whether they would “promise to the people watching this right now that you will oppose and veto any efforts to raise taxes as long as you’re president?” Giuliani, who has not signed the Americans for Tax Reform pledge, said, “Yes, I would.”
Since then, both Norquist and the Giuliani campaign have been in touch. Today, Giuliani wrote a letter to Norquist re-affirming his commitment to cutting taxes, saying specifically that when he was asked last month about raising taxes for Social Security, he said, “I would rule out a tax increase for that purpose or any other purpose.” In response, Norquist wrote back the letter released by the Giuliani campaign.
“This is not the same thing as the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, but it is a public statement that he would veto any tax increases,” Norquist told me a few minutes ago. “It is a written and signed statement.” Norquist said his question at the YouTube debate was intended to give an opening to candidates who have declined to sign the pledge – Giuliani, Thompson, McCain – to nevertheless make a promise not to raise taxes. “Giuliani said yes, and Thompson and McCain both wandered off into other directions and missed the question,” Norquist said. Norquist told me he has written to Thompson and McCain, essentially re-asking his question, but he hasn’t heard back. But Giuliani jumped at the chance with today’s letter. “They knew that we were very pleased with the mayor’s answer to the YouTube question, and I assume they were building on that,” Norquist said.
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