Mitt Romney |
John McCain |
Ron Paul |
Mike Huckabee |
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Marginal Individual Income Tax Rates |
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) |
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Corporate Income Tax |
Lower to 20% (from 35%) over a two-year period. (Source) |
Cut to 25% (from current 35%) (Source) |
No plan |
Eliminate, replace with National Retail Sales Tax (the "FairTax") (Source) |
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Tax Reform |
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) |
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Estate Tax |
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) |
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Social Security Payroll Tax |
Eliminate payroll tax on employees over 65 years old. (Source) |
No specifics; opposes tax increase as solution. (Source) |
No specifics; "lower." (Source) |
Eliminate, replace with National Retail Sales Tax (the "FairTax") (Source) |
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Alternative Minimum Tax |
Index to inflation. (Source) |
Permanently repeal. (Source) |
Permanently repeal. |
Eliminate, replace with National Retail Sales Tax (the "FairTax") (Source) |
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Other Tax Policies |
Eliminate all taxes on interest, dividends, and capital gains for anyone with Adjusted Gross Income under $200,000. (source) |
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Eliminate taxes on savings, dividends, and capital gains. (Source) |
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Nice layout.. Thanks.
Definitely shows that the reason Huckster picked up Fair Tax. He can simply serve the kool aid and claim to have a comprehensive tax reform plan (that is not comprehensive) I like your chart!