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Joni Ernst on Tax Reform
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2017 tax cuts gave relief to 1 million Iowans
Ernst: We would love to see lower taxes for everybody including all of our hardworking Americans. The 2017 tax cuts and jobs act was part of that effort which gave tax relief to 1 million Iowans. I certainly don't want to see that rolled back. But
Biden as well as Greenfield, they have both stated that they would roll back those tax cuts, which did provide relief to Iowans, allowed businesses to give employees additional benefits and wage increases, and I certainly don't want to see that happen.
Source: Iowa Public Television transcript of 2020 Iowa Senate debate
, Sep 28, 2020
Make tax code fairer, flatter and simpler: but not FairTax
Ernst said she did not actually embrace the FairTax. Braley accused Ernst of wanting to install a 23% flat sales tax, which she firmly denied. "I have not endorsed any tax plan, so I want to make that very clear," she responded.
She said that she supports reform if it makes the tax code "fairer, flatter and simpler." Democrats circulated the transcript of a radio interview in the summer of 2013 in which she seemed to say that she backs the controversial tax.
Source: Politico.com e-zine on 2014 Iowa Senate debate
, Sep 28, 2014
Signed Grover Norquist tax pledge: never raise taxes
Billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer stepped into Iowa's Senate race Wednesday with an advertisement that accuses Joni Ernst of supporting companies that send jobs overseas. The television ad released by Steyer's NextGen Climate group featuring
two men discussing the fact that Ernst has pledged never to vote to raise taxes. The pledge is part of an ongoing campaign by Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform, and NextGen says it protects tax breaks for moving jobs out of the country.
"The tax breaks that thing protects are gold," one man says in the first ad. "More outsourcing. China, Mexico, all the way." The men later confirm that Ernst "doesn't care about Iowa jobs."
"The ad urges Iowans to demand Ernst take back her pledge to protect special interests and start putting Iowa's families first," NextGen said in a statement.
Source: The Hill weblog AdWatch on 2014 Iowa Senate race
, Jul 30, 2014
Passed the largest tax cut in Iowa history
Ernst's status as the only elected official in the race can be both an asset and a detriment. During the first debate, it was an asset.
The state senator from Red Oak highlighted some of her more conservative votes and pointed to Iowa's ability to get things accomplished, like passing the largest tax cut in state history.
Source: Kevin Hall in Iowa Republican on 2014 Iowa Senate debate
, Oct 24, 2013
IRS is a predatory, bureaucratic, out-of-control disaster
Scrap the Tax Code: The IRS is a disaster. The greatest nation on earth should not have one of the most predatory, bureaucratic, out of control tax agencies on the planet.
Our system is backwards. Joni believes real, fundamental tax reform will require more than tweaks to the tax code. It's time to scrap it and start over, to make our tax system fairer, flatter, simpler and more certain.
Source: 2014 Senate campaign website, JoniForIowa.com, "Issues"
, Sep 9, 2013
Pro-tax cuts, according to CC survey.
Ernst supports the Christian Coalition survey question on tax cuts
The Christian Coalition inferred whether candidates agree or disagree with the statement, 'Make Federal Income Tax Cuts Permanent ?'
Self-description by Christian Coalition of America: "These guides help give voters a clear understanding of where candidates stand on important pro-family issues" for all Senate and Presidential candidates.
Source: CC Survey 20CC-11A on Sep 10, 2020
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