Political Quotes

“Just a few years ago, a group called American Solutions conducted a nationwide poll on different topics relating to the Tax Code and on taxes and jobs. They crossed gender, ethnicity, economic, and party lines and discovered the following interesting facts about America: The majority of people in America, 69 percent to 27, think the American tax system is unfair; A majority believe that the death tax should be abolished, 65 percent; A majority favor tax incentives for companies who keep their headquarters in the United States of America, 70 to 26; Taxpayers should be given the option of a single income tax rate of 17 percent; Taxpayers would still have the option of filing their taxes in the current system if they chose to do so. That was a 61 percent favorable; The option of a single-rate system should give taxpayers the convenience of filing their taxes on a single sheet of paper. Guess what. That one was 82 percent of our constituents believe, our fellow Americans, believe they should be able to file their Federal income taxes on a single sheet of paper. America has spoken. The evidence is clear, and we need real change in our tax system. The encouraging news is that we do have a practical and effective blueprint for making this change across the board. The blueprint, of course, is the flat tax.…”