No,he had a horrible record in congress on tax limitation and tax cuts(for a "conservative").Sanford is not a supply sider,he is a deficit hawk in the McCain,Hagel,and Lindsey Graham mold.His ranking for the National tax limitation committee was low(for a conservative).Here some of the tax cuts he voted against in congress.Sanford is not the real deal.I used to think he was then several of the Mike Pence supporters showed me the truth.
24. TAX CUTS. HR4579 (roll call vote 469). Passage of the bill to cut taxes by $80 billion over five years, by extending expired provisions such as the research tax credit, reducing taxes for farmers and married couples, and making health insurance premiums 100 percent deductible for the self-employed. Passed 229-195, September 26, 1998. ACU supported the legislation.
Social Security Tax Repeal - Passage HR4865 (Roll Call Vote No. 450).
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http://www.conservative.org/new_ratings/1995/ratehs.html
http://www.conservative.org/new_ratings/1996/housintr.html
http://www.conservative.org/new_ratings/1997/house.htm
http://www.conservative.org/new_ratings/1998/house.htm
http://www.conservative.org/new_ratings/1999/ratings1999.htm
http://acuratings.com/acu.cgi?ACT=1&USER_ID=367&YEAR=2000 The House passed a bill reducing the percentage of Social Security benefits that are taxable from 85 percent to 50 percent which was the level up until 1993.
ACU supported this bill.
This bill was: opposed
The vote was: 265-159
This Representative voted: In Opposition of ACU
CATS BUDGET. HConRes84, FY 1998 Budget Resolution (roll call vote 144). Doolittle (R-CA) substitute amendment, offered on behalf of the Conservative Action Team, to balance the budget by 2002 by cutting non-defense discretionary spending to levels requested in the President=s FY 1997 budget request, an additional savings of $109 billion that would be applied to additional tax cuts, thereby increasing net tax cuts to $193 billion over 5 years. Rejected 119-313, May 21, 1997. ACU supported the amendment.