The four candidates still in the running for the 2016 presidential election have all offered tax reform proposals. These plans have been widely analyzed. The analyses have identified who would pay more, who would pay less, and the projected impact upon the federal tax take (the percent of GDP that the federal tax system brings […]
Last week’s GOP debate began with a series of questions about trade policy and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Donald Trump’s answer was thankfully short. Ted Cruz, however, had a lot to say in an apparent attempt to convince people that he, too, favors economically wrongheaded protectionism. Here’s his response to a question about the Trans-Pacific Partnership: […]
t is unfortunate that insults have replace substantive policy debate in the race for the Republican nomination because we should be enjoying a spirited debate over how to overhaul the tax code. Never before has there been a presidential campaign in which so many candidates put forward such well-developed, pro-growth tax reform plans. At one […]
Tonight’s debate will likely focus at some point on the candidates’ tax plans. The Wall Street Journal has a piece claiming that economists are more divided than usual on the Cruz tax plan. I don’t think that’s correct since there has been as much disagreement, if not more, among economists over the Rubio tax plan, and its giant child tax credit […]
There were three interesting exchanges on taxes in the South Carolina GOP debate. Below is the transcript of each one followed by my brief take on it. Cruz on the VAT MODERATOR: Senator Cruz…[y]ou have proposed a consumption tax. You call it a flat tax. Some analysts compare it more akin to a value added tax. […]