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Jon Bruning on Tax Reform
 
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Federal government taxes too much & listens too little
The federal government spends too much, taxes too much, regulates too much, and listens too little. They are burdening every business, big and small, with an albatross of regulation and taxation that makes it impossible to grow and create jobs.
We must cut spending and no program is off the table. We also need a zero tolerance policy toward earmarks. Earmarks encourage wasteful spending and I won't support them.
Source: 2012 Senate campaign website, jonbruning.com, "Issues"
, Jul 17, 2011
Adopt a single-rate tax system.
Bruning signed the Contract From America 
The Contract from America, clause 4. Enact Fundamental Tax Reform:
Adopt a simple and fair single-rate tax system by scrapping the internal revenue code and replacing it with one that is no longer than 4,543 words--the length of the original Constitution.
Source: The Contract From America 10-CFA04 on Jul 8, 2010
Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax.
Bruning signed the Contract From America 
The Contract from America, clause 10. Stop the Tax Hikes:
Permanently repeal all tax hikes, including those to the income, capital gains, and death taxes, currently scheduled to begin in 2011.
Source: The Contract From America 10-CFA10 on Jul 8, 2010
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