
GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson, whose campaign is adjusting to new aides in key positions, released Carson’s plan “for reforming America’s convoluted and systematically unfair tax code.”
by Alex Swoyer4 Jan 2016, 7:09 AM PST0

On Thursday’s episode of Adam Carolla’s podcast, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, spoke about his flat tax proposal in an interview with Carolla. Cruz laid out the tenets of the tax policy to
by Jeff Poor17 Dec 2015, 8:18 AM PST0

Carly Fiorina recommended five steps to reduce the size of government and “really get this economy going again”: zero-based budgeting, instead of giving government agencies automatic spending increases every year; passing the Raines Act to shift power away from unaccountable bureaucrats to Congress; holding a top-to-bottom review of all regulations so we can roll many of them back; holding government officials accountable for their performance; and reforming the tax code.
by John Hayward11 Nov 2015, 6:09 AM PST0

“The current system isn’t fair,” 2016 presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz responded before explaining the details of his recently released tax plan at Tuesday night’s Fox Business-Wall Street Journal debate.
by Michelle Moons10 Nov 2015, 10:06 PM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson discussed his tax and spending plan, stating that the flat tax rate would have to be “about 15%” to be revenue neutral and that if every federal agency of subagency was trimmed by 2-3%
by Ian Hanchett9 Nov 2015, 10:09 AM PST0

DES MOINES, Iowa — GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said with the flat tax plan that he supports, the IRS can be abolished, and America can put those 90,000 IRS employees to work down at the Southern Border.
by Alex Swoyer31 Oct 2015, 10:39 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson stated that under his tax plan, the flat tax rate would decline from a probable initial rate of 10-15% and that he would have a “six-month hiatus” on corporate taxes on Saturday’s “Larry Kudlow
by Ian Hanchett10 Oct 2015, 2:15 PM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said that if he was president, a debt ceiling raise would be tied to a 3-4% budget cut and that his flat tax rate “would probably be closer to 15%” on Thursday’s broadcast of
by Ian Hanchett8 Oct 2015, 9:01 PM PST0

Tom Del Beccaro, former chair of the California Republican Party and a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016, proposed a flat tax on Tuesday.
by Joel B. Pollak2 Oct 2015, 3:00 AM PST0

Trump’s unveiling of the tax plan was a tremendous performance. Part of the secret to his success is that he sounds like what many people imagine they would sound like, given a megaphone to shout their discontent into the faces of the U.S. political establishment. That’s why Trump’s popularity doesn’t seem to take much of a hit when he gets rough with likable competitors, such as Senator Marco Rubio, who he dismissed as something akin to a hapless child during his press conference on Monday.
by John Hayward28 Sep 2015, 10:09 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said “I want to have middle income pay less, and I want to have even upper middle income, and even in some cases, people that are pretty wealthy, pay less,” and “I’m not looking to
by Ian Hanchett1 Sep 2015, 5:13 PM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the US should “decouple” from China, and that hedge fund managers should “be taxed a fair amount of money,” and that while “you can have [a] flat tax,” “The one problem I have with
by Ian Hanchett24 Aug 2015, 8:00 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump declared, “I think flat tax is okay” on Friday’s broadcast of the “Matt Murphy Show” on Birmingham, AL’s WAPI. Trump said, “Who knows taxes better than me?” He continued, “You know, when they talk about
by Ian Hanchett22 Aug 2015, 12:16 PM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that he is against a flat tax and “people as they make more and more money can pay a higher percentage” in an interview broadcast on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Trump
by Ian Hanchett12 Aug 2015, 7:52 PM PST0

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Breitbart News exclusively that he’s “keyed up” and ready to roll in Thursday night’s debate hosted by the Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly, Bret Baier, and Chris Wallace.
by Matthew Boyle6 Aug 2015, 9:24 AM PST0

Paul said that putting forward a plan like this allows conservatives and Republicans to go straight after Democrats in a legitimate effort to discredit the argument that a bigger federal government is the way to grow the economy and create jobs.
by Matthew Boyle19 Jun 2015, 11:19 AM PST0

Today I proposed the most sweeping reform to the American tax code in over a century: an over two trillion dollar tax cut that lowers taxes for every American and eliminates the current seven tax bracket structure.
by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)18 Jun 2015, 12:56 PM PST0

There is no excuse for today’s federal tax system. It obstructs wealth-creation and jobs. The only interests it serves well are those of the political class. When they debate among themselves about the proper level of taxation, it’s clear that they think the federal government can tax at any level they want.
by Breitbart News15 Apr 2015, 7:11 AM PST0