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1 posted on 02/01/2008 9:00:23 PM PST by newbie2008
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Mitt wants to repeal estate tax....McCain does not


2 posted on 02/01/2008 9:03:52 PM PST by JaneNC (I)
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Democrats don’t even understand raising taxes will reduce tax revenues collected, can’t wait to see that deficit, as CNN tells us how stupid we were to vote in a Democrat.


5 posted on 02/01/2008 9:06:56 PM PST by Son House (Protection For Opportunity Seekers And Tax Payers From Congress Spending: Low Tax Rates !!!)
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Presidential Candidate Tax Plan Comparison

 

Mitt Romney

John McCain

Ron Paul

Mike Huckabee

Marginal Individual Income Tax Rates
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Lower the bottom (10%) bracket to 7.5%; make the remaining Bush tax cut rates permanent. (Source)

Maintain current (Bush tax cut) rates. (Source)

Eliminate, replace with "nothing" (by drastically reducing federal expenditures) (Source)

Eliminate, replace with National Retail Sales Tax (the "FairTax") (Source)

Corporate Income Tax
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Lower to 20% (from 35%) over a two-year period. (Source)

VIDEO: Mitt Romney on lowering the corporate tax rate.

Cut to 25% (from current 35%) (Source)

No plan

Eliminate, replace with National Retail Sales Tax (the "FairTax") (Source)

Tax Reform
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No specifics; would make system "simpler, fairer and flatter." (Source)

No specifics; suggests a system that's "simpler" and "fairer" with "lower" rates.

Eliminate the income tax. (Source)

Implement a National Retail Sales Tax (the "FairTax") (Source)

Estate Tax
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Repeal. (Source)

Modify to apply to estates over $10 million, taxed at 15% rate. (Source)

Repeal. (source)

Eliminate, replace with National Retail Sales Tax (the "FairTax") (Source)

Social Security Payroll Tax
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Eliminate payroll tax on employees over 65 years old. (Source)

No specifics; opposes tax increase as solution. (Source)

No specifics; "lower." (Source)

Eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits. (Source)

Eliminate, replace with National Retail Sales Tax (the "FairTax") (Source)

Alternative Minimum Tax
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Index to inflation. (Source)

Permanently repeal. (Source)

Permanently repeal.

Eliminate, replace with National Retail Sales Tax (the "FairTax") (Source)

Other Tax Policies

Eliminate all taxes on interest, dividends, and capital gains for anyone with Adjusted Gross Income under $200,000. (source)

Eliminate taxes on savings, dividends, and capital gains. (Source)
Eliminate taxes on tips given to employees. (Source)


6 posted on 02/01/2008 9:21:22 PM PST by BGHater ("Ron Paul won every debate!" Rudy Giuliani)
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Hillary said she’ll return to the tax rates in place before the Bush tax cuts.


8 posted on 02/02/2008 12:37:26 AM PST by newzjunkey (CA: HELL NO on 93! Protect Term Limits from MORE Núñez, Perata and co.)
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FYI:
More meat, less fat, and no messy cleanup.

:-)


10 posted on 02/02/2008 11:32:46 AM PST by xcamel (Two-hand-voting now in play - One on lever, other holding nose.)
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