Posted on 10/15/2010 6:17:09 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels opened the door Thursday to supporting both a value added tax and a tariff on imported oil, bold proposals that could cause trouble for him with conservatives as he flirts with a long-shot bid for the presidency.
The Republican, staying mum about his 2012 plans, was the guest of honor at a dinner sponsored by the conservative Hudson Institute. He received an award named for Herman Kahn, the legendary nuclear theorist who founded the respected institute 49 years ago and helped inspire the character “Dr. Strangelove” in the movie by the same name.
Daniels recited from Kahn’s book: “It would be most useful to redesign the tax system to discourage consumption and encourage savings and investment. One obvious possibility is a value added tax and flat income tax, with the only exception being a lower standard deduction.”
Daniels also suggested support for increasing gasoline taxes. Kahn wrote, in a passage Daniels read from Thursday, “One fully justifiable tax would be on imported oil. Any large importation of oil by the U.S. raises security problems. There are, in effect, external costs associated with importing oil that a tariff would internalize.
“Now, maybe that transgresses some philosophical viewpoint of yours,” Daniels told the well-heeled crowd of 250. “But to me, that’s an interesting point today, just as valid as the day he wrote it.
“Now, none of us is Herman’s equal. But we are all his heirs, if we choose to be,” he added.
These comments come on the heels of a September profile in Newsweek, in which Daniels said tax increases might be necessary to tackle the federal deficit. “At some stage, there could well be a tax increase,” Daniels told the magazine. “They say we can’t have grown-up conversations. I think we can.”
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This is why we should not jump to conclusions and support virtual unknowns like Christie, Scott Brown and such.
Bye Mitch.
There’s a new type of RINO evolving.
Mitch is history.
A statement of early retirement by Mitch Daniels.
You got my point....Mitch was the darling before anybody investigate what he actually stood for, He is no pure RINO but neither is he close to what we need right now especially when he said that we need to be grown up about raising taxes!
FWIW, me and a ****pot full of other Americans are NOT OPEN to a VAT and oil tax hike and it’s OUR country.
My thoughts, precisely.
I hope that Mitch Daniels was thinking of a national consumption tax, and misspoke when he called it a VAT, which is quite different.
If he really supports a VAT, then he's toast with conservatives.
On the verge of extinction is a politician promoting spending cuts to balance a budget.
So much for the ‘Daniels for President’ crowd...
Agreed. If he supports a VAT he has 0 chance of the Presidency.
I hope.
Daniel was already dead RINO meat with his support for amnesty.
What else would you expect from a Liberal Globalist who sold the Indiana Tollway to a foreign company.
Hope this ends all the talk about Mitch Daniels for President. He is a Liberal RINO
Why? Tell me why its the governments business whether someone saves their money or spends it. Is it because money in the bank can be inflated or siezed like a 401K?
Social engineering is what he is advocating.
Clyde5445 notified me and posted a link to me on another thread that I found interesting, because it showed that he is also a favorite with a democrat. Paul Ryan has also previously stated that Daniels is his man. I am wondering whether Congressman Ryan will stick with him? Governor Daniels, tried to walk it back, somewhat, much in the manner he has tried to walk back his statements on ‘social issues to the back-burner.’
I have my candidate, so I’m not all that interested in Governor Daniels, although I had hoped to hear his fiscal platform. Now, I’m not so sure.
No thanks Mitch.
SOS - I sense RINO critter droppings!
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