State of New Hampshire secondary Archives: on Tax Reform

Bernie Sanders: End loophole that allows zero taxes via Cayman Islands

Bill Weld: Cut capital gains tax; look at flat tax on income

But we also need to restructure our entire tax system. We don't need to choose between Robin Hood-style confiscatory taxation and deficit-creating tax cuts for the super-rich. We should instead take a good long look at some other models, such as a 19% flat tax on income, and the famous "post card" tax return. I have read extensively on the subject, and I believe the savings from the dramatic simplification of the Internal Revenue Code and the whole process of taxation would be enormous.

Chris Sununu: Pledge to veto state sales tax and income tax

Chris Sununu: No sales tax; no income tax; not on my watch

Chris Sununu: Managed to mitigate worst of pandemic without raising taxes

Chris Sununu: If your town isn't lowering taxes, go out and make it happen

Chris Sununu: Tax cuts work, so let's do it again!

Chuck Morse: I'll take New Hampshire record of lower taxes to Washington

Corky Messner: Reduce taxes on small business; accelerated depreciation

• Reduce Federal taxes on small businesses to help revive the economic engine of our country.
• Put more money immediately into the hands of American families by establishing a payroll tax holiday.
• Allow an accelerated depreciation schedule for business equipment, including 100% expensing, to encourage companies to expand domestically.

Dan Feltes: Property tax relief for working families

Feltes now looks ahead at continuing to focus on key issues, such as property tax relief for working families rather than tax breaks that predominantly benefit corporations. He said while taxes for big corporations have gone down, Granite Staters have seen their property taxes go up. "That's just not fair," Feltes said.

Dan Feltes: Provide tax relief for working families, not corporations

Jon Huntsman: Rip out $1.1T in loopholes from the corrupt tax code

HUNTSMAN: We've got to earn our way forward. There's no question about it. Governors learn how to pay the bills. In order to pay the bills, you've got to expand your economic base. And that's a problem we have in the US right now. We read about the jobs that have ticked upward in this country and we're all very happy about that. We're providing people more in the way of real opportunity. But think of where this country would be, if during the first two years of Barack Obama you had had a different president. I would have ripped open the tax code and I would have done what Simpson-Bowles recommended. I would have cleaned out all of the loopholes and the deductions that weigh down this country to the tune of $1.1 trillion. We've got a corrupt tax code. So you've got to say, how are we going to pay for it? We've got to stimulate some confidence in the creative class in this country. Right now they're sitting on their hands.

Karen Testerman: Supports flat tax & abolishing the IRS

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Maggie Hassan: Wealthy should pay their fair share

Ayotte: No. Signed Americans for Tax Reform Pledge to oppose "any and all" tax increases to raise revenue.

Hassan: Yes. Close tax loopholes and ask wealthiest businesses and individuals to "pay their fair share."

Mark Connolly: N.H. needs more revenue, but not via a broad-based tax

He doesn't favor casino gambling, a perennial State House issue that some lawmakers and Hassan have promoted as a way to raise state revenue. "The market is saturated," he said. "Maybe 20 years ago, 15 years ago, 10 years ago, but now it doesn't make sense."

Ray Metcalfe: Tax cuts for the rich threw surplus into the toilet

A: Eight years ago when George Bush stole the election, this nation had a huge revenue surplus on the horizon. A surplus that could have fixed Social Security and Medicare, paid off the national debt, and provided health care to every American. A beautiful future was before us but George Bush threw it all in the toilet with tax cuts for his rich friends and a misguided war that's draining our treasury and exhausting our military. We now have a government that listens to our phone calls, reads our emails, and monitors our bank accounts. These are things that need to change.

Rick Santorum: Simplify tax code: just 5 deductions; everything else goes

Q: [to Santorum]: How would you raise the kind of revenues called for in the Simpson-Bowles Commission?

SANTORUM: Our plan puts together a package that focuses on simplifying the tax code and I agree with Gov. Huntsman on that. Five deductions: Health care, housing, pensions, children and charities. Everything else goes. We focus on the pillars that have broad consensus of this country in the important sectors of our economy, including our children. The other side is the corporate side. Cut it in half, to 17.5%. But I do something different than anybody else. I'm very worried about a sector of our economy that has been under fire. I come from southwestern Pennsylvania, the heart of the steel country, the heart of manufacturing. And it's been devastated because we are uncompetitive.

Steve Marchand: No sales tax; no income tax; reduce property tax

Marchand: That is correct.

Q: Gov. Sununu prioritizes new businesses; do you?

Marchand: The policies Gov. Sununu has pursued to grow the economy, largely run 180 degrees from what the data tell us we should be doing if we actually want to create jobs and see economic growth. For example, Sununu and the Republican legislature want to cut the Business Profits Tax. Most new businesses lose money at the beginning. When we cut the Business Profits Tax, we downshift costs from the state level to the town level. If [instead] you focus on cutting the Business Enterprise Tax and local property taxes, you will be directly and positively impacting the segment of economy where 80% of net new job growth comes to fruition. The data tells me that focusing on the Business Enterprise Tax and on reducing local property taxes is the winning formula for tax reform that will lead to job creation and economic growth.

Tom Sherman: Never voted for any income tax or sales tax; would veto