There is only one Republican I will vote for. Ted Cruz.
Has Rubio been right about anything?
What is the socialists...er, I mean Democrats always say? Balance the budget on the backs of the middle class?
Has Rubio taken to the floor of the Senate yet to tell us that he is conservative in every other way, while trying to defend his liberal tendencies?
Beck has been skipping his meds lately.
But Wait. Didn’t Glenn want Cruz to pledge not to attack Rubio and Paul?
Once Rubio’s plan gets full exposure, he’ll be dead in the water.
Rubio is useless.
Well I guess he is useful in supporting treacherous plans to turn congressional treaty oversight on its head in favor of a tyrannical president, but I mean, besides that he’s useless.
Hey Ralphie...eerrr Glenn, hows your soul?
About sick of you, you opportunist, back stabbing fruit.
http://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve/?File_id=2d839ff1-f995-427a-86e9-267365609942
Skimmed through it...lots of pros and cons...
someone wants to actually address the tax system?
ok.
the facts (2014):
- gross domestic product: $17.5 trillion
- federal spending: $3.5 trillion
- annual budget of the IRS: $11.2 billion
if we want to solve the problem, along with reducing spending, we also need to remove the engine of big govt.
first step would be to restructure the IRS from an organization that taxes 330m people into an organization that overseas the tax debt of 50 states. this would radically cut the complexity of the organization, reducing the cost significantly.
the next step would be to define the process and amounts owed by the states. the amounts are simple, as it is outlined in the Constitution. each state would owe a percentage of the federal budget, that percentage based on the size of the population of the state compare to the population of the country.
how taxes are collected would be entirely up to the state. flat tax, fair tax, sales tax, progressive tax, whatever they want. it’s up to the state to deliver the amount specified however the collect it. if they choose a system the people don’t like, the people have the ability to move to another state... which would lessen the burden on that state as it’s tax method drives people out.
keep in mind, this would also change corporate taxes as they would now be up to the state. i would predict any state that eliminated corporate tax would see an influx of corporate workers (as the taxes would be based on the corporate footprint in the state, not on where it’s based)
doing something this simple would have far reaching consequences for the power of the states and the relationship between the state and the fed. i see this as the first step in solving the problem of big govt
Cutting business and capital taxes is precisely the way to encourage economic growth. Rubio's plan, no matter what you might think of him otherwise, is plain, good old-fashioned common sense.