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Did the Wave Election Put Tax Reform on the Agenda?
Townhall.com ^ | November13, 2013 | Daniel J. Mitchell

Posted on 11/13/2014 11:54:04 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 11/13/2014 11:54:04 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
Tax reform?

Forget that.

Abolish the IRS and repeal the 16th amendment.

They can collect duty on ChinaCrap coming through Long Beach. If that keeps the FedGov open, great. If not...seeya.

2 posted on 11/13/2014 12:00:43 PM PST by Regulator
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To: Kaslin

I’m not convinced the flat tax is my friend. The Fair Tax would be much better.


3 posted on 11/13/2014 1:15:00 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Regulator
"Tax reform? Forget that."

Funny how immigration reform / amnesty has become cause celebre since the election outcome was known. You would think the GOPe would make their agenda known for smaller government, lower taxes, the important stuff you know. But it seems the defeated party has seized the day with their cause. Or is amnesty the main issue for both political parties?

4 posted on 11/13/2014 1:17:54 PM PST by buckalfa (Long time caller --- first time listener.)
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To: Kaslin

Obama will never sign anything that does not result in those EEEEEEVIL Rich paying more.


5 posted on 11/13/2014 1:18:12 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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Did the Wave Election Put Tax Reform on the Agenda?

No. Democrats will filibuster any attempt at it.

6 posted on 11/13/2014 1:22:15 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Well, they can try.

Of course you’re right...they will be relentless...cuz without taxes, they dont eat.


7 posted on 11/13/2014 1:26:10 PM PST by Regulator
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To: Kaslin

Nope. GOP doesn’t veto override power, and anyway they LIKE the tax code jacked up, they’re the ones that made it that way.


8 posted on 11/13/2014 1:26:48 PM PST by discostu (YAHTZEE!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
The Fair Tax would be much better.

Sure it would, if you owned a business and could flow all that dough through to your bottom line, and get Sucker, Chump, and Heyboy to pay your taxes.

For people who get W-2's and slave 60 hours a week on a straight salary, the flat tax is their friend.

9 posted on 11/13/2014 2:43:49 PM PST by lentulusgracchus ("If America was a house, the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutfeld)
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To: buckalfa
Or is amnesty the main issue for both political parties?

That, and making sure Obamacare survives long enough to let business interests to dump the last of their healthcare plans and throw their employees on the iron mercies of the Democrat Socialist State.

For the GOP, it's always about the Chamber and the Business Roundtable.

For the Chamber and the BR, it's always all about the Benjamins.

10 posted on 11/13/2014 2:46:42 PM PST by lentulusgracchus ("If America was a house, the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutfeld)
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To: lentulusgracchus

For People who get a W-2 the Fair Tax means there are no deductions from their gross wages. They get to keep aLL The money they make.


11 posted on 11/13/2014 3:00:17 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Regulator; Man50D; Principled; EternalVigilance; phil_will1; kevkrom; Bigun; PeteB570; FBD; ...

FairTax ping!

http://www.fairtax.org


12 posted on 11/13/2014 8:34:06 PM PST by Taxman
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To: lentulusgracchus

Flat Tax is NOBODY’s FRiend!

ANY system that retains the IRS is NOT tax REFORM!

Flat Tax retains IRS, ERGO, Flat Tax is not tax reform!


13 posted on 11/13/2014 8:36:22 PM PST by Taxman
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Did the Wave Election Put Tax Reform on the Agenda?

The answer to the headline is, of course, a resounding NO.

Even the seeming hero of FR, Senator Cruz, is stuck on the same empty flat income tax ideas of Dick Armey and Newt Gingrich that we endured, to no profit, twenty years ago.

14 posted on 11/13/2014 8:39:27 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: Taxman

any system that has us pay taxes we do not owe and then get a refund from the government is also a stupid idea and should be a non-starter

any system described as “revenue neutral” shouldn’t even enter the discussion


15 posted on 11/13/2014 8:40:49 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: EternalVigilance

YUP!


16 posted on 11/13/2014 8:57:41 PM PST by Taxman
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To: GeronL

Don’t even start!


17 posted on 11/13/2014 8:58:21 PM PST by Taxman
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To: Kaslin

Obama will veto any good legislation.


18 posted on 11/14/2014 7:09:26 AM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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He most likely will, but....


19 posted on 11/14/2014 7:23:21 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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We should still pass stuff, make him be the “obstructionist”.


20 posted on 11/14/2014 7:33:27 AM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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