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What? You mean that taxes are a presidential issue?

18 October 2007

The debate between Giuliani and Romney about taxes has garnered a lot of press. And now, it’s all the rage to talk tax as a candidate. Here’s Romney’s appearance on the Today Show: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbhfgiVUli4&rel=1] For the record, here are the sound bytes from the candidates on tax back in May.

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Giuliani and Romney Go At It.

11 October 2007

In case you missed the bickering, here’s a clip: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97cizjnLycE&rel=1]

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A Crowded Field.

9 October 2007

No, I’m not talking about the Chicago Bears (“13 men on the field”) during their impressive comeback at Green Bay on Sunday night. I’m talking about the GOP presidential primary – nine candidates participated in the most recent debate. Nothing confuses potential voters more than hearing candidates argue about prospective tax plans and disjointed and [...]

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Tax Talk 2007: Mike Huckabee

23 May 2007

Our next presidential candidate to be featured in our series of interviews is Mike Huckabee, a Republican and former Governor of Arkansas. I posed the following six tax-related questions to the Governor: 1. What’s the single most important tax issue facing Americans today? 2. If you could only make one “quick fix” in terms of [...]

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Tax Talk 2007: Sam Brownback

17 May 2007

Our next presidential candidate to be featured in our series of interviews is Sam Brownback, a Republican and Kansas Senator. Here are his unedited answers to my six questions: 1. What’s the single most important tax issue facing Americans today? The most important tax issue facing Americans today is Social Security reform because the majority [...]

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When A Candidate A-tax

16 May 2007

I know, it’s a cheesy title, but I’m banging this out in the middle of a really busy day. Notwithstanding the Philadelphia primaries yesterday (for which I fully intend to follow-up with some en pointe tax questions), I was on the phone this morning with Governor Huckabee’s office getting some good feedback on his tax [...]

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The 4-1-1 on the GOP, tax speak, that is

7 May 2007

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/The_411_on_the_GOP_talking_tax’; I’ve noted before that nobody likes a partisan tax blogger. But you also can’t talk about tax policy in any meaningful way without considering the political ramifications. So throughout the next year (oh my God, is it really a whole year?), I plan to visit and no doubt, re-visit, the tax stances [...]

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