Brownback: will not raise taxes. Our tax code is an abonination. Flat tax. 16 countries around the world have gone to the flat tax. Increases revenue for the gov’t. Get spending under control; the system is built to spend.
Tancredo: will take the oath absolutely no tax increases. If you want to control federal spending, you have to deal with social security and medicare. Privatize SS or forget the idea of eliminating deficit spending.
Rudy: cut taxes 23 times. cut income tax ?24%. Tax cuts work.
Romney: need to cut taxes and spending. best tool a governor and president has is the line-item veto. Rudy fought against line-item to the SC, didn’t cut commuter tax.
Rudy responds: Romeny’s spending went up 8%, Rudy went down 7%, the line-item is unconstitutional. Taxes went up under romney.
Final Romney rebuttal: Romney is in favored and wants to see it applied federally. Need to cut pork and waste.
Rudy: you have to be honest with the people, the Line-item veto is unconstitutional. Beat President Clinton in court on Line-item veto.
Thompson: Free-market economy works so well for us.
Hunter to Fred: federal gov’t has to make sure everybody plays by the rules. China undercuts, puts many Americans out of work.
It is funny that Rudy is still claiming credit for the income tax cut in NYC. He fought tooth and nail to keep that tax and switched sides when he saw that he had lost.
Rudy correct on Line Item Veto. Romney in LA LA land.