Bachmann Favors National Sales Tax

NewsMax ^ | 6/13/2011 | Martin Gould

[RWK]

Prospective presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says she wants a national sales tax, but can’t vote for it because she believes Congress would just add it to the current income tax system.

In a profile in The Wall Street Journal, Bachmann says she loves the FAIR tax proposal but just cannot bring herself to back it in the House.

“If we were starting over from scratch, I would favor a national sales tax," the three-term Minnesota congresswoman says. But the reality is that if it were enacted, the chances are “we would end up with a dual tax, a national sales tax and an income tax."

Bachmann says her tax plan would be to take corporate rates down from 35 percent to nine percent and “zero out” capital gains tax, the alternative minimum tax and the death tax.

But she says the main problem with the U.S. tax system is that nearly half the population pays nothing. She says all deductions should be abolished “because there is no tie to the government benefits that people demand.

“Everyone should have to pay something," she insists.

[StraightDave]

Too many speak without indepth knowledge of the FairTax. It has been introduced as HR 25 in the house... Bachmann did not support it... hopefully because she did not understand that it is offered as a REPLACEMENT for the Income Tax and not because she is a tax litigation attorney. The bill requires REPEAL of the 16th Amendment. The Flat Tax is a headfake... still an income tax and easily returned to multi-tax rates. For starters...

The FairTax replaces the Income Tax and...

1. Ends - Filing of income tax returns!
2. Ends - IRS audits and fines!
3. Ends - IRS costs of $460 billion/year!
4. Ends - Tax code abuse for political gain!
5. Ends - Tax free underground economy!
6. Ends - Tax on businesses (creates more jobs)!

[ex-snook]

"Changing to either the sales tax or a simple flat tax would get the economy going again."

So how would they bring the jobs back from China? I think either tax on imports would get the economy going right away.

[Spok]

Getting rid of Dear Leader is an absolute must; replacing him with Bachmann would be a dream come true.

[Las Vegas Ron]

(s) and if elected I PROMISE A LIVING PREBATE!!!!!(/s)

LOL...well done!

[Joe Boucher]

Either way you do away with bottom feeders who do little positive.
Hey, make a buck, pay a percentage tax. No preparers, no lawyers no B.S.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Well, does this make her Rep. Prebate???

[longtermmemmory]

the politicians would promise more and more prebate.

the lobbyiests would still petition for more and more favored tax and prebate positions.

the final law does not have to repeal the 16th amendment, nice try.

it does nothing to limit the fees and sales taxes of the states.

this is the biggest scam and is just a means to sell t-shirts by some hole in the wall office in texas.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Michele Marie (Amble) Bachmann was born in on April 6, 1956 in Waterloo,
Iowa, to David John Amble and Jean (née Johnson) Amble, who she describes
as ”a family of Norwegian Lutheran Democrats”. After the divorce of her parents,
Michele moved with her mother from Iowa to Anoka, Minnesota.

Education
1974- Graduated from Anoka High School
Winona State University
Oral Roberts University- received her J.D. Degree- was a member of the final graduating class from the University
William and Mary Law School- Master of Laws Degree

Family
1978- Michele married Marcus Bachmann. They have five children of their own, and have provided foster care for 23 additional children.

Private Sector Career
1988-1993 worked as a Tax Attorney representing the IRS
Left her position as a Tax Attorney to become a full-time mom
She and her husband own a Christian Counseling Practice in Stillwater, Minnesota.
She is part owner in a family farm in Waumandee, Wisconsin.

Political Career
Minnesota State Senator
2000- Defeated the 18-year incumbent Gary Laidig for the GOP endorsement as Minnesota’s 56th District State Senator.
During the general election, she defeated two other candidates.

2002-After Minnesota redistricting, Mrs. Bachmann defeated yet another incumbent- State Senator Jane Krentz- and became the newly elected Minnesota State Representative for District 52.

2003-Michele Bachmann joined with Representative Mary Liz Holberg to propose a Minnesota State Constitutional Amendment that would bar same-sex marriage from being legally recognized. The joint effort failed to make it the 2004 ballot. In 2005 she once again proposed the Amendment, but it never made it past the Senate Committee.

2004- She was appointed as Assistant Minority Leader in charge of Policy for the Senate Republican Caucus by the Republican Senate Minority Leader Dick Day. In July 2005, due to what Mrs. Bachmann called disagreements with Day over her principled anti-tax stance, the Republican Caucus removed her from her leadership position.

U.S. House of Representatives
2006- Michele Bachmann was elected to serve as the Congresswoman for the 110th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives for Minnesota’s 6th District. She still holds this position today.

Political Accomplishments
The first Republican woman to represent Minnesota in Congress

Committees
Committee on Financial Services
Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Political Affiliations
Supported Jimmy Carter in his 1976 campaign, even volunteering with her then fiance, now husband
Became a member of the Republican Party her senior year at Winona State University
1980- Worked for Ronald Reagan’s Presidential campaign
Tea Party supporter
Founding Member of the House Tea Party Caucus

Special Interests
After high school, she spent time working on a kibbutz in Israel.

She officially joined the pro-life movement after watching the 1976 Christian Documentary “How Should We Then Live?”
1991- Mrs. Bachmann gained media attention at a pro-life protest where she and about 30 other protesters took a stand at a board meeting to protest public tax dollars going to a hospital that performed abortions. In an interview with the Star Tribune, she said that “in effect, since 1973, I have been a landlord of an abortion clinic, and I don’t like that distinction”.

She and her husband have been Foster Parents to 23 teenagers.
It is at this point that I am going to interject some personal thoughts.

This is one of the many reasons I respect Michele Bachmann. As a mother of 5- all who were adopted through the Foster Care System, I know she has made a difference in the future of our nation by investing in the lives of these children. Children in Foster Care are just as much a part of our future as a child who is in a stable home. Her official website states, “she believes in the vitality of the family as the first unit of government”. She has put that belief in action by fostering children who need a loving home, taking personal responsibility for the needs of others rather than relying on the government to provide for the need.

I have made it my life mission to be the voice of these voiceless children in foster care. I am going to hold each of our lawmakers accountable for reforming the Broken System of Foster Care!

In 1993, Michele Bachmann, along with a group of other parents started a K-12 charter school in Stillwater, Minnesota. This was the pivotal point of her strong stance against a state-mandated set of educational standards. She started speaking out against state-mandated educational standards, and this was the beginning of Michele Bachmann’s leap into the world of politics.

Political Positions
Strongly Supports
Pro-Life
Israel
Tax reform
Freemarket System
Peace through strength as our National Security
Holding to the values of The Constitution as our Founding Fathers intended
Increased domestic drilling of oil and natural gas, as well as pursuing renewable energy sources (wind and solar energy, etc)
Nuclear energy
Phasing out Social Security and Medicare
Government making the same kind of serious spending cuts that many families and small businesses have been forced to make

Second Amendment
Strong Supporter of the Second Amendment

A quote from Congresswoman Bachmann regarding where she stands on the Second Amendment:

“Growing up in a home that valued hunting and fishing, the 2nd Amendment is of equal importance as the other nine Amendments in our Bill of Rights. Since the age of twelve, when I passed my first gun safety class, I’ve enjoyed the privilege afforded us by the right to bear arms. While serving in the Minnesota State Senate I supported and helped pass the Minnesota Personal Protection Act and legislation to protect local shooting ranges. I will fight to uphold our 2nd Amendment rights.”

• Signed H.R.197&S.845 which establishes a national standard for the carrying of concealed firearms
• Co-sponsored banning gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC
• Co-sponsored Fairness in Firearm Testing Act

Foreign Policy
Believes all options should be left on the table if diplomacy does not achieve our goal.

Immigration
Supports securing our borders and enforcing our current laws
Does NOT believe in amnesty
Believes we should declare English as the official language
(again, repeating myself from Ron Paul’s profile, this should not even BE an issue! That should be a GIVEN, not up for debate at all!)

Strongly Opposes
Wasteful government spending
Minimum Wage Increases
ObamaCare
Abortion- says she would vote to allow abortions in the case of rape and incest, but would not vote for state funds to be used for the procedure.

[LuvFreeRepublic]

When it comes to Social Security and Medicare, she says the country has an obligation to those who are already retired, but not to future seniors.

What, everyone but seniors is just SOL. Go back to the drawing board Michelle and come up with plan B.

[longtermmemmory]

very BAD dream.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Thanks for posting her paper thin legislative history.

I was initially interest based on some press sound bites, but when I looked a little more deeply discovered that there is no there, there.

She should have stayed in state government. Honestly.

[longtermmemmory]

profit and loss statemens still needed.

if a company buys the raw materials overseas then non need to mess with the US taxes AT ALL.

consumers? buy on the internet from outside the usa. no taxes zip nada.

[I see my hands]

To: Hack Woman

"Here's some food you can't have"

Pol, get thee (and Rollins) hence.

[Tulane]

Replacing Obama with Bachmann is a bad dream? Explain, please.

[longtermmemmory]

anyone can go on thomas.gov and see this joke.

you will have tax statements.

you will have tax purchase audits (seiu will not let the union irs contract be abandoned)

you will have NuIRS instead of old irs. see INC, to BCIS to USCIS.

you WILL have tax code manipulation for political gain. (donate and your product will be a prebate necessity)

you will expand the underground ecconomy. you will benifit outside the usa. ever hear of the internet?

business WILL pass any sales tax onto the consumer. (business 101)

[wbill]

But the reality is that if it were enacted, the chances are “we would end up with a dual tax, a national sales tax and an income tax."

I agree with her 100%.

Of course, the income tax would just be on the eeeeeeeeeevil rich. Maybe 1% on people making over $500K.

At first.

IMHO, the system that we've got right now is the worst that there is, except for all of the rest of them.

[ejdrapes]

What is Palin’s position on taxes (other than the generic wanting taxes to be lower)? Does she support a fair tax or flat tax? I’ve never really heard her talk in detail about what tax rates should be or what type of tax system she supports.

[M-cubed]

so am I...but one of the problems as I see it (not against Bachmann or anyone that favors that route) is:

The current 47% that pay no taxes now, would DEMAND a "poverty subsidy" and get it just as they do now....We'd end up in the same boat..The same small majority (53%) of “Tax Payers” would be carrying the huge minority of the “Poor”.....The entitlement mentality would have to be addressed first, and with all 47% voting in their “own best interest” that's a pretty big voting block to overcome ..... All IMHO of course, which ends up being more questions then answers

[green iguana]

What part of that don’t you understand?

The Ryan plan only affects those 54 and under.

[ejdrapes]

Bachmann never said she didn’t support Ryan’s plan. She said she supported it but we needed to do a better job of explaining it. What exactly is the issue with that statement? Other than you don’t like Bachmann and will take any opportunity to knock her.