Issue Position: Tax Reform

Issue Position

Like many Washingtonians, I believe our tax code is overly complex and confusing. As the former director of the Washington Department of Revenue before coming to Congress, I understand the need for a tax code that is simplified and fair for hardworking families and small businesses. Our current tax system undermines competitiveness when it should be encouraging job creation and innovation. We need to comprehensively reform our tax code. Our nation's tax structure is unnecessarily complicated and the tax burden is not fairly shared. We need to be supporting the middle class as their success and prosperity will drive long-term economic growth. We should look to eliminate inefficient and unfair tax breaks and subsidies that don't make sense in today's economy. Any time our federal government offers a tax break or subsidy, we should consider it as a budgetary expenditure. I believe that we must evaluate these expenditures regularly and eliminate those that are no longer giving us an adequate return.

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