Who of the Candidates Has Fairest Tax Plan of All?

Townhall.com ^ | February 6, 2016 | Stephen Moore

[DoodleDawg]

bfl

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Rubio is right to advise that, with any flat-tax, Republicans should press for a supermajority-vote requirement in the House and Senate to raise the rate.

That would take a constitutional amendment, and I think the chances of that happening are next to zero.

[Blue Collar Christian]

No one’s better lower tax plan will EVER be implemented unless the GOPe truly gets booted out of the way.

It’s sad that my own party IS the problem.

[Blue Collar Christian]

Rubio is right to advise that, with any flat-tax, Republicans should press for a supermajority-vote requirement in the House and Senate to raise the rate.

“That would take a constitutional amendment, and I think the chances of that happening are next to zero.”

Correct. And with the progressive GOPe intact a super majority vote would easily be accomplished anyway to RAISE taxes, whether a Democrat majority or Republican majority in Congress.

To bring any of these tax systems on line would take three or four consecutive non-establishment type presidencies and incredible cooperation in a Congress that is in serious need of a purge.

[USS Alaska]

I can live with either Cruz or Trump's plan, but marcopolo has no plan except more of the same. Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina have good plans but neither have a prayer so it doesn't matter.

Ted Cruz is my first choice but I can live with Trump. My hope is they they {and all the FReepers} don't get so filled with hate and bile that they poison the well and marcopolo finds the magic route to India, and gets all the perfume and spices.

[MNJohnnie]

Surprised Conservatives are cool with Cruz’s plan to add a VAT tax. VAT is the worse sort of indirect tax. Sen Cruz needs to go back to the drawing board on that one.

[doldrumsforgop]

Likely Bernie Sanders, as he equally screws everyone.

[MasterGunner01]

One thing folks seem to forget -- the federal income tax was put into the Constitution by the 16th Amendment. Before we substitue a Flat Tax or whatever other tax, you have to repeal the 16th Amendment. Otherwise the damned politicians will hit you with an income tax AND a flat tax (or other tax) on the rest of your income. Greedy bastards they are, one and all.

[DoodleDawg]

Any candidate offering a tax plan without also identifying the hundreds of billions of dollars in spending cuts needed to keep from expanding the deficit is only trying to fool us.

[BfloGuy]

Surprised Conservatives are cool with Cruz’s plan to add a VAT tax. VAT is the worse sort of indirect tax.

A VAT is no different from any other tax.

And, of course, it can be raised by a greedy government -- just like any other tax. That is no reason to condemn it.

Cruz's plan imposes the VAT in place of the current income tax. In other countries, the VAT was imposed on top of current taxes. That's what made VAT so damaging.

[SueRae]

“To bring any of these tax systems on line would take three or four consecutive non-establishment type presidencies and incredible cooperation in a Congress that is in serious need of a purge” Wholeheartedly agree.

prioritizing the huge agenda in front of the next President is going to be the hardest thing. 0bama spent his capital on 0bmacare...and poisoned the well for the country and any further cooperation. The next one in office is going to have a huge mess to unravel domestically, and even that will go on back burner if something unforeseen happens on the Defense front.

[tacticalogic]

One thing folks seem to forget -- the federal income tax was put into the Constitution by the 16th Amendment. Before we substitue a Flat Tax or whatever other tax, you have to repeal the 16th Amendment. Otherwise the damned politicians will hit you with an income tax AND a flat tax (or other tax) on the rest of your income. Greedy bastards they are, one and all.

Not if you're just talking about replacing the current progressive rate tax on income with a flat rate tax on income.

[9YearLurker]

This is the guy who developed/advised the flat-tax advocates in the race on their plans.

And it is a VAT and it is a bad idea.

Trump’s probably closest to having it right in terms of plan.

[RasterMaster]

I liked Carson’s plan, although I don’t know how he would implement any of his proposals since he wouldn’t even defend himself against Trump’s baseless attacks.

Cruz and Paul’s were both similar, and both would work for getting them passed through Congress. Paul is gone so that leaves Cruz.

Don’t see Trump doing anything to lower taxes since much of his proposals would increase debt and grow government.

[JimRed]

Cruz's plan imposes the VAT in place of the current income tax.

Unless it is forbidden to have both, we'll end up with both.

[CPT Clay]

Amen, one or the other. Not Both

[upcountryhorseman]

Carson has the fairest tax plan!

[Dead Corpse]

https://www.tedcruz.org/tax_plan/

Cruz’s statement above says nothing about a VAT. Do we have a source for that claim?

VAT’s are poison. NRST, not so much... Neither of which apply to whats outlined at the above link.

[i_robot73]

‘Fair’? What does FAIR have to do with ANY tax plan?? If services are to be paid, it should apply to ALL Citizens.

Any plan that DOESN’T abolish the 16th (IMO, null/void on its face) AND constrain the illegality of D.C.’s spending addition is no ‘plan’ to begin.

Lastly, at to my first point, ANY ‘income tax’, regardless is flat or progressive, is still a SLAVE tax. Any (C) suggesting or pushing otherwise should be disqualified out of the gate.

As typical though, NOTHING will be done to restore the People’s ability to NOT pay taxes. D.C. will continue to fiddle and tweak, never to release their iron fist upon the citizenry.