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The Case for the Lee-Rubio Tax Reform Plan
Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) recently released a tax reform plan. The business side of the plan would reduce marginal tax rates, permit ...
Just do a 10% income tax for everyone, no matter the source, capital gains
or employment whatever. That way everyone is taxed the same as Warren
Buffet. Also get rid of corporate income tax because that is just a federal
sales tax. Then cut spending however much need to balance revenue with
cost. If 10% is too high for some people then make a lower bound cutoff.
You also need to phase out medicare and social security. done.
+Andrew BroeringOf course you can't be completely radical in politics. But I think you should look for radical changes if possible. You know the left wants nationalized healthcare, that is a radical change. You need to propose radical, yet incremental and tolerable changes in the right direction.
+MrApplewine In a perfect world, I agree with you. But we have to deal with things in this country as they are (liberally biased mainstream media, low-information voter, etc.) I think what Rubio and Lee are proposing is the right approach under such circumstances to have a feasible chance of actually succeeding.
One question for presidential candidates on economics
Panelists agree on the one question they would ask 2016 presidential hopefuls if given the chance and it has to do with economic growth.