Issue Position: Taxes

Issue Position

Issue Position: Taxes

"The man who understands taxation will be less liekly to resort to oppressive measures or sacrifie any class of people to raise all the revenue." James Madison, The Federalist Papers

Taxes continue to be a burden on hard-working Americans. I have consistently been a strong proponent of measures to lower the tax burden on all Americans.

You can be assured that I will continue to fight for lower taxes and a comprehensive reform of the federal tax code. It is estimated that the average family today pays nearly 40 percent of its income in local, state, and federal taxes combined.

In a family where both parents work, one parent is essentially working for the government. Furthermore, individual taxpayers spend approximately 1.7 billion hours a year calculating their taxes. This is unacceptable. I am dedicated to reforming the tax code to lower the burden on all Americans and making the tax code fairer, flatter, and simpler.

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