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As the 2016 presidential race heats up, Citizens for Tax Justice will dig deep into candidates’ records and analyze their current policy positions on tax issues. We’ve closely followed the work of many current and potential candidates in recent years, in many cases providing detailed distributional analyses of their tax plans and proposals.
Below is a repository of our reports, blog posts and tax plan analyses.
Democrats
Hillary Clinton
“Clinton has frequently shown a willingness to take a stand for tax fairness but has never fleshed out a clear agenda on these issues and has occasionally embraced regressive or gimmicky tax policies.”
Hillary Clinton’s New Tax Proposals: Steps Toward Making the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share – January 14, 2016
Press Statement: Clinton Tax Reform Proposals Are a Step Toward Tax Fairness – January 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s Tax Proposal is Right on Inversions, Wrong on New Tax Cuts – December 11, 2015
Hillary Clinton Would Limit Tax Breaks for the Well-Off to Make College More Affordable – August 19, 2015
What We Know About Hillary Clinton’s Positions on Tax Issues – April 11, 2015
Clinton Family Finances Highlight Issues with Taxation of the Wealthy – June 26, 2014
The Clinton-McCain Gas Tax Proposal: Get Half a Tank Free This Summer – May 2, 2008
Who’s Rich? – January 16, 2008
What the Presidential Candidates Are Saying about Taxes: Update – November 30, 2007
Democratic Presidential Candidates Address Fiscal Issues in Debates – September 28, 2007
Battle Only Beginning Over the “Carried Interest” Tax Loophole for Billionaire Fund Managers – October 12, 2007
The Presidential Candidates on Taxes – August 17, 2007
Presidential Candidates Weigh in on Wealthy’s Taxes – June 29, 2007
A Congressional Tax Report Card – October 2006
Hillary Clinton takes on the Bush tax cuts – July 11, 2005
Bernie Sanders
“Senator and now presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has one of the strongest records of any elected official when it comes to standing up for tax fairness. In many cases, Sen. Sanders has been the lone voice in the Senate fighting for legislation that would ensure that corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share.”
Bernie Sanders’ Health Care Tax Plan Would Raise $13 Trillion, Yet Increase After-Tax Incomes for All Income Groups except the Very Highest – February 8, 2016
The Tax (and Wage) Implications of Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare for All” Health Plan – February 8, 2016
News Release: Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Tax Proposal Would Increase Federal Revenue and Increase after Tax Wages for All but the Top 5 Percent – February 8, 2016
Bernie Sanders is a Champion for Tax Fairness – May 1, 2015
State-by-State Estate Tax Figures Show Why Congress Should Enact Senator Sanders’ Responsible Estate Tax Act – September 22, 2014
The Estate Tax Is Not Doing Enough to Mitigate Inequality: State-by-State Figures – September 22, 2014
Best and Worst Ideas for “Blank Slate” Tax Reform – July 30, 2013
Bernie Sanders Is Right and the Tax Foundation Is Wrong: The U.S. Has Very Low Corporate Income Taxes– April 23, 2013
CTJ’s Bob McIntyre Applauds New Bill to End Deferral of Taxes on Offshore Corporate Profits – February 7, 2013
Citizens for Tax Justice Joins Over 70 Organizations in Support of the Responsible Estate Tax Act – July 30, 2010
House Democrats’ Stimulus Bill Would Rescind the “Wells Fargo Ruling” – January 28, 2009
Congress Should Approve Bills Introduced in House and Senate to Shut Down Treasury’s $140 Billion Give-Away to Banks – November 24, 2008
Martin O’Malley
“At a time when many governors stubbornly rejected new revenues despite their states’ weak fiscal positions, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s was one of only a few governors who championed tax increases to preserve his state’s public investments even during the Great Recession.”
Martin O’Malley’s Record on Taxes is Progressive – May 30, 2015
Study: Recent EITC Expansion in MD will Make Taxes More Fair, Reduce Inequality – May 15, 2014
Chart: New Gas Tax Plan in Maryland House of Delegates – March 19, 2013
Chart: Maryland Governor O’Malley’s New Gas Tax Plan – March 6, 2013
New From ITEP: Maryland Tax Bill Would Improve Tax Fairness and Revenue – May 16, 2012
Maryland’s Governor O’Malley is Right: Digital Downloads Don’t Need a Special Tax Break – January 27, 2012
Maryland Commission Omits Indispensible Piece of Gas Tax Reform: Credits for Low Income Families – October 27, 2011
Five Reasons to Reinstate Maryland’s “Millionaires’ Tax” – March 9, 2011
Gubernatorial Candidates with Progressive Positions on Taxes Who Won – November 5, 2010
Out of Control Tax Credits Demonstrate Need for Greater Oversight – December 11, 2009
Another Example of the Power of Service Sector Lobbyists – April 11, 2008
New York and Maryland Consider Taxes on Wealthiest Residents – March 21, 2008
Maryland Tax Changes: Glass Half Full – November 20, 2007
Senate Plan Falls Hardest on Low-Income Marylanders – November 7, 2007
Tax Reform Debate Underway in Maryland – November 5, 2007
More Details Emerge on Maryland Governor’s Tax Plan – October 5, 2007
Maryland Governor Proposes to Close Fiscal Gap with Regressive Taxes — and A Few Progressive Ones, Too – September 21, 2007
Tax Reform? No. Save an Antiquated Pastime that Can’t Support Itself? Yes. – August 24, 2007
Maryland: Save the Poor Horse Racetracks? – August 22, 2007
Lincoln Chaffee
“As a presidential candidate running for the Democratic nomination in 2016, Lincoln Chafee has yet to lay out a vision on tax issues, so the only indications so far of what his positions may be lie within his record as a former U.S. Senator and Governor in Rhode Island. And the evidence suggests that Chafee largely supported fiscally responsible tax policies, even when such positions were unpopular among his fellow lawmakers.”
Lincoln Chafee’s Record of Fiscal Responsibility – June 19, 2015
Few Winners and Many Losers in Rhode Island Tax Reform – June 9, 2014
Are Special Tax Breaks Worthwhile? Rhode Island Intends to Find Out – July 17, 2013
Convention Speaker Profiles: Govenors Perdue, Quinn, Chafee, Patrick & O’Malley – September 4, 2012
Governors Class of 2012: Honors Students and Class Clowns – July 12, 2012
Raising Revenue from High-Income Households in Rhode Island – March 7, 2012
A More Modern Day Sales Tax – March 7, 2012
How Rhode Island Didn’t Do the Wise Thing When It Had the Chance – June 30, 2011
Sales Tax Reform Debated in Rhode Island – April 15, 2011
A 21st Century Sales Tax: Why Governor Chafee’s plan to modernize the sales tax is necessary – March 11, 2011
Rhode Island Governor Would Improve Tax System, But Could Do Better – March 11, 2011
Gubernatorial Candidates with Progressive Positions on Taxes Who Won – November 5, 2010
A Congressional Tax Report Card – October 2006
Trifecta Falls Short – August 7, 2006
Jim Webb
“When it comes to tax reform, former Virginia senator and Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb has publicly discussed conflicting views. Webb has proposed taxing investment income at the same higher tax rate that applies to wages. He has also proposed ending offshore profit-shifting by multinational corporations by closing the “deferral” loophole. On the other hand, Webb suggests that the nation should consider “shifting our tax policies away from income and more toward consumption.” Such policies would be highly regressive.”
Jim Webb’s Confusing Stance(s) on Taxes – July 8, 2015
Senate Republicans & Five Democrats Block Full Tax Cut Extension for 98% of Taxpayers & UI Benefits – December 6, 2010
Senate Candidates Talk Taxes – October 18, 2006
Republicans
Jeb Bush
“Jeb Bush’s tax reform rhetoric is far more salient than his actual plan. He derides special interest giveaways and crony capitalism but then outlines a plan riddled with special interest giveaways and crony capitalism ideals.”
Jeb Bush’s Tax Plan Gives Top 1% Average Tax Cut of Nearly $180,000 – October 28, 2015
More Than Half of Jeb Bush’s Tax Cuts Would Go To the Top 1% – September 11, 2015
Bush and Trump’s “Populist” Tax Rhetoric Is All Talk – September 10, 2015
Jeb Bush’s Tax Plan Is a Corporate Giveaway Disguised as Tax Reform – September 9, 2015
Jeb Bush Loves Tax Cuts, Especially for the Rich – July 9, 2015
The Tax Cheaters Lobby – November 13, 2002
Donald Trump
“Yet another presidential candidate is making a mockery of populism by trumpeting a massive tax break for the rich as a plan that will benefit average Americans. The top 1 percent of Americans will receive an average tax break of $227,000 per year while the bottom 20 percent will receive an average tax cut of only $250. Trump claims the plan will be revenue neutral, but he has made bombastic exaggerations before and this time is no different. In fact, there is no possibility that this plan would not be a gigantic tax cut for the rich and a gigantic revenue loser for the government.”
Donald Trump’s Tax Plan Would Cost $12 Trillion – March 17, 2016
The Net Effect: Paying for GOP Tax Plans Would Wipe Out Income Gains for Most Americans – March 9, 2016
Trump’s Criticism of Jeff Bezos as a Tax Dodger is Half-Right – December 9, 2015
Donald Trump’s $12 Trillion Tax Cut – November 4, 2015
Brownback on Steroids? Donald Trump’s Plan to Cut Taxes on “Pass-Through” Businesses–And Hedge Fund Millionaires – September 29, 2015
CTJ Statement: Trump Tax Plan Would Cost Nearly $11 Trillion Over 10 Years – September 28, 2015
Bush and Trump’s “Populist” Tax Rhetoric Is All Talk – September 10, 2015
What Trump Gets All Wrong About Immigration and Taxes – August 25, 2015
Donald Trump’s Regressive and Retrograde Tax Plan – June 22, 2015
Ben Carson
“Dr. Ben Carson enters the Republican presidential field without any significant legislative experience so he doesn’t have a record on tax policy. But in a 2013 op-ed, the well-respected neurosurgeon explained his avid support for a flat tax system. The case Carson made for the flat tax is based on a number of falsehoods about our current tax system and how a flat tax would work in practice.”
Dr. Ben Carson enters the Republican presidential field without any significant legislative experience so he doesn’t have a record on tax policy. But in a 2013 op-ed, the well-respected neurosurgeon explained his avid support for a flat tax system. The case Carson made for the flat tax is based on a number of falsehoods about our current tax system and how a flat tax would work in practice. “
Ben Carson’s Flat Tax Plan Would Cost $9.6 Trillion, While Increasing Taxes on Low-Income Families – January 6, 2016
Ben Carson’s 10 Percent Flat Tax is Utterly Implausible – September 1, 2015
Presidential Candidate Dr. Ben Carson Once Avidly Argued for a Flat Tax — And Got the Facts Wrong – May 5, 2015
Carly Fiorina
“Based on what we know from her time as a corporate CEO and a candidate for the U.S. Senate, Fiorina’s call for the public to stand up to the political class may be all talk. Instead, she may ally with corporate influencers.”
Carly Fiorina Has Toed the Party Line on Taxes – May 11, 2015
Marco Rubio
“Sen. Rubio’s newest tax deform plan is a much larger version of his gimmicky tax proposals of years past. In each case, he attempts to get credit for touting tax cuts, while at the same time hiding the real cost of his proposals. The crucial difference this time around is the sheer scale of the damage his tax reform plan would do to tax fairness, public programs and the U.S. economy if it were ever enacted.”
The Net Effect: Paying for GOP Tax Plans Would Wipe Out Income Gains for Most Americans – March 9, 2016
Marco Rubio’s Tax Plan Gives Top 1% An Average Tax Cut of More than $220,000 a Year – November 3, 2015
Marco Rubio: The Great Tax Deformer – April 14, 2015
Anti-Tax Grandstanding of Olympic Proportions – August 3, 2012
The Olympic Tax Exemption: It Gets Worse – August 9, 2012
California Lawmakers Stumble in Quest for Tax-Complexity Gold – August 20, 2012
Florida: Rubio on User Fees – December 4, 2007
Ted Cruz
“Texas Senator, and now presidential candidate, Ted Cruz is a supporter of radical tax plans that would dramatically increase taxes on poor and middle class Americans in order to pay for huge tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.”
Ted Cruz’s Tax Plan Would Cost $13.9 Trillion, While Increasing Taxes on Most Americans – March 16, 2016
The Net Effect: Paying for GOP Tax Plans Would Wipe Out Income Gains for Most Americans – March 9, 2016
Ted Cruz’s Tax Plan Would Cost $16.2 Trillion over 10 Years–Or Maybe Altogether Eliminate Tax Collection – November 12, 2015
How Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz Would Radically Increase Taxes on Everyone But the Rich – March 23, 2015
Republican National Committee Wants to Abolish the IRS – September 5, 2014
Rand Paul
“No member of Congress has been more active in the cause of protecting tax cheaters and tax avoidance by our nation’s wealthiest individuals and corporations than Sen.(now presidential candidate) Rand Paul.”
Detractor Dangles Shiny Objects to Obscure Facts about Rand Paul’s Deficit-Inflating Flat Tax Proposal – June 19, 2015
Rand Paul’s Tax Plan Would Blow a $15 Trillion Hole in the Federal Budget – June 18, 2015
Rand Paul’s Record Shows He’s a Champion for Tax Cheats and the Wealthy – April 7, 2015
Press Statement: Boxer-Paul Repatriation Proposal Would Reward Corporate Tax Scofflaws – January 29, 2015
Republican National Committee Wants to Abolish the IRS – September 5, 2014
Reid-Paul “Transportation Funding Plan” is No Plan at All – June 11, 2014
Good and Bad Proposals to Address the Highway Trust Fund Shortfall – June 19, 2014
Republican Platform Now Endorses Gutting Laws that Stop Offshore Tax Evasion – January 23, 2014
The Wrongheaded Quest to Shrink the IRS – July 17, 2013
Yes, What Apple’s Doing in Ireland May Well Be Legal — and That’s the Problem – May 22, 2013
Senator Rand Paul’s Fight for Offshore Tax Havens – May 13, 2013
Senator Rand Paul: Champion of Secret Swiss Bank Accounts – May 2, 2012
Mike Huckabee
“Despite having a relatively moderate record on tax policy as the governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee has wholeheartedly embraced a radically regressive tax plan as a central plank of his presidential candidate platform.”
Would the Real Mike Huckabee Please Stand Up? – May 7, 2015
The Republican Presidential Primary: And In This Ring… – December 21, 2007
GOP Debate: Who’s Paying Too Much in Taxes? – December 13, 2007
Mike Huckabee’s Tax Record – December 5, 2007
What the Presidential Candidates Are Saying about Taxes: Update – November 30, 2007
GOP Candidates on Gas Tax Hike: No Way – August 11, 2007
The Presidential Candidates on Taxes – August 17, 2007
Arkansas: Good Words from Governor Huckabee – July 8, 2005
Bobby Jindal
“While Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has yet to lay out a specific tax plan in the run up to his presidential campaign announcement, he has fought to reduce taxes for the wealthy and corporations at the expense of everyone else. He outlined his vision in his 2013 plan that sought to eliminate the state’s income tax and replace it with revenue from an expanded sales tax, a reform that would dramatically cut taxes for the wealthy while increasing them for at the expense of low- and middle-income people.”
Bobby Jindal’s Louisiana is a Cautionary Tale for the Nation – June 24, 2015
Louisiana Legislators Try to Avoid the Wrath of Grover Norquist – May 28, 2015
Louisiana Film Tax Credit Costs More Than It Brings In – May 20, 2013
Louisiana Tax Overhaul Collapse as Bellwether? We Can Only Hope. – April 17, 2013
Governor Jindal Admits Defeat, Abandons His Tax Plan – April 9, 2013
This Just In: Louisianans Still Don’t Trust Governor Jindal’s Tax Plan – April 4, 2013
Governor Jindal’s Tax Plan Would Increase Taxes on Poorest 60 Percent of Louisianans – April 1, 2013
Eliminating Louisiana’s Income Taxes Will Hurt the State’s Economy – March 18, 2013
Jindal Leaves Inconvenient Details Out of His Tax Plan – March 15, 2013
“Middle Class Tax Cut” Could Send Wisconsin Down Slippery Slope – February 8, 2013
Beware The Tax Swap – January 24, 2013
Governor Jindal’s Bad Idea for Louisiana Attracts Scrutiny – January 15, 2013
Proposal to Eliminate Income Taxes Amounts to a Tax Increase on Bottom 80 Percent of Louisianans – January 11, 2013
Fewer than Three Percent of Americans Will Pay Health Care “Penalty Tax” — and Anti-Tax Politicians Go Crazy Anyway – September 21, 2012
How Louisiana Celebrates the Second Amendment: A Sales Tax Holiday for Guns – September 7, 2011
Louisiana: Repeal of Income Taxes So Radical Even Governor Jindal Cannot Support It – May 25, 2011
Eliminating State Income Tax: Good for Whom? – June 1, 2009
A Congressional Tax Report Card – October 2006
Chris Christie
“During his five years in office, New Jersey Gov. and now presidential candidate Chris Christie has consistently blocked progressive tax increases and sought to pass regressive and fiscally irresponsible tax cuts. The starkest example of how Gov. Christie has sought to make New Jersey’s tax code more unfair is that he consistently vetoed a small tax rate increase on millionaires but (conveniently until this week) refused to reverse his cuts to the state’s earned income tax credit (EITC). On the federal level, Gov. Christie has similarly laid out a broad tax cut plan that would heavily favor the wealthiest taxpayers while simultaneously slashing federal revenue.”
Chris Christie’s Long History of Opposition to Progressive Tax Policy – June 30, 2015
A Tale of Two Tax Proposals – May 12, 2015
12 States Could Raise Gas Taxes This Year – January 29, 2015
Tax Increase to Fund Transportation Should Be Combined with Credit to Help Low-Income Families – January 26, 2015
Two of Every Kind of Tax Giveaway – October 23, 2014
Highest-Income New Jerseyans Would Still Pay Lowest Share of Income to Taxes After Proposed Changes – June 25, 2014
A New Wave of Tax Cut Proposals in the States – January 28, 2014
$elling New Jersey $hort: Across-the-Board Income Tax Cut Would Harm the Garden State – January 9, 2014
Will New Jersey Re-elect the Fiscally Reckless Chris Christie? – October 17, 2013
Governor Christie Budget Plan Panned as Gimmick, His Tax Talk Called Puffery – March 6, 2013
Convention Speaker Profile: Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) – August 28, 2012
Chris Christie, Drama Queen – July 5, 2012
Reality Shatters Chris Christie’s Rose-Colored Glasses – May 24, 2012
State Treasurer Confesses: Our Job is to Protect Millionaires – May 2, 2012
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Promotes Same Old Tired Arguments for Cutting Taxes – February 23, 2012
Reality Check: Income Taxes Do Not Impede Economic Growth – February 15, 2012
Chris Christie Playing Shell Game With Tax Cuts – February 8, 2012
Failure to Address Gas Tax Costs New Jersey Over a Half a Billion Dollars a Year – December 15, 2011
Governor Christie’s Snooki Situation – October 5, 2011
New York and New Jersey Governors Favor Unpopular Toll Increases, But Oppose Popular Tax Increases – August 25, 2011
Chris Christie’s Veto Pen – Mightier (and Meaner) Than Any Sword – July 14, 2011
New Jersey Gov. Christie Vows to Veto Widely Popular Millionaires’ Tax – June 29, 2011
‘Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ’: Bruce Springsteen Letter Puts Gov. Christie in the ‘Lion’s Den’ – April 8, 2011
Prioritizing Corporations Over People in New Jersey – January 31, 2011
To States Trying to Lure Illinois Businesses: It’s Not Just the Tax Rates, Stupid – January 31, 2011
New Jersey Governor Passes Up $6 Billion in Funds for Subway Tunnel — to Save the State $2.7 Billion – October 8, 2010
New Jersey Governor and CTJ Find (Rare) Agreement on Homebuyer Tax Credit – August 6, 2010
Can New Jersey Cap Hypocrisy on Taxes? – June 25, 2010
Drama with State Film Tax Credits: Propaganda, Criminal Charges, and Sitcom Stars Make Headlines – June 18, 2010
New Jersey Lawmakers to Attempt to Override Governor’s Veto of Millionaire’s Tax – June 18, 2010
John Kasich
“Nine-term congressman and current Ohio Gov. John Kasich has received accolades for his perceived position as the “moderate” or “compassionate” candidate in the 2016 GOP presidential race. It’s true that he embraced a few policies benefiting low-income families, notably the expansion of Medicaid, but a handful of progressive policies do not a moderate make. The bulk of Kasich’s economic agenda as a governor and former congressman has been pursuing tax cuts for the wealthy and increasing taxes on low- and middle-income families. “
Although He Left out Key Details, It’s Clear Kasich’s Tax Plan Is a Deficit-Busting Giveaway to the Wealthy – October 15, 2015
John’s Kasich’s Uncompassionate Conservatism – August 5, 2015
Gov. Kasich Is a ‘Compassionate’ Tax-Cut-for-the-Rich Conservative – July 21, 2015
Fiscal Shell Game: Lawmakers Proposing Tax Shift Plans To Dupe the Public – February 19, 2015
Gov. Kasich’s Tax Proposal Promises to Make Ohio’s Tax System Less Fair – February 11, 2015
Ohio’s Affluent are Big Beneficiaries of the 2013-2014 Tax Changes – October 31, 2014
Putting a Face to the Numbers – October 23, 2014
Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s Income Tax Plan Fails Reality Test – October 7, 2014
Tax Policy and the Race for the Governor’s Mansion: Ohio Edition – September 12, 2014
Cumulative Impact of Ohio Tax Changes Revealed – August 27, 2014
Out-of-Step – August 26, 2014
The Great Ohio Tax Shift – August 18, 2014
Buckeye State Tax Policy in the News – July 9, 2014
Cuts and Breaks – July 2, 2014
Ohio Tax Cuts Would Disproportionately Benefit Top 1 Percent – May 29, 2014
Income-Tax Repeal: A Bad Deal for Ohio – April 28, 2014
Problems with Ohio EITC: It’s not refundable, it has a cap, and it’s too low – April 3, 2014
Big News in Ohio: Governor’s Unfair Tax Cut Plan Unveiled – March 21, 2014
Kasich Tax Plan: Advantage, Top 1 Percent – March 14, 2014
Either Way – Reducing Ohio’s Top Income Tax Rate to 4 or 5 Percent is a Bad Idea – February 19, 2014
Cutting taxes doesn’t help Ohio economy – February 18, 2014
Income-tax cut would favor well-to-do – February 13, 2014
Will Ohio Medicaid Savings End Up as Tax Cut for the Rich? – November 13, 2013
Another Ohio tax cut for the affluent – October 29, 2013
A Credit that counts – October 21, 2013
Bad Budgets Become Law in Ohio and Wisconsin – July 1, 2013
Tax plan still rewards affluent, leaves some of poorest Ohioans paying more – June 26, 2013
New plan would cut taxes $6,000 a year on average for Ohio’s most affluent – June 25, 2013
Income-tax cut would favor affluent Ohioans- Middle-income residents on average would get $51 a year – April 22, 2013
Kasich tax proposal would further tilt tax system in favor of Ohio’s affluent – February 7, 2013
Voters Asked to Make Up Local Revenues States Stopped Providing – November 2, 2012
Income-tax cut would favor affluent; Middle-class Ohioans wouldn’t get enough for a tank of gas – March 19, 2012
Bad Idea in Ohio: Pay For Income Tax Cut with a Fracking Tax – March 15, 2012
Cuts Are the Wrong Answer, Governor Kasich; Here’s a Better One – February 10, 2012
Ohio Estate Tax in Peril – June 2, 2011
Trouble Brewing in Ohio – March 18, 2011
Analysis finds that cutting Ohio’s tax on capital gains would be costly, 92% of Ohioans would get nothing – March 14, 2011
Ohio Governor: Get Mojo Back by Slashing Taxes for Wealthy Investors – February 11, 2011
Two States Turning Their Back on Federal Stimulus Dollars; Another Stands Ready to Take the Money – November 19, 2010
Scott Walker
“After his 2011 election, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker aggressively pursued and helped pass a series of tax cuts in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015. His policies pushed the state into bad fiscal straits and there is no evidence that tax changes enacted under his leadership have had the positive impact on the state’s economy that he promised. In addition, Gov. Walker has hinted that he favors repealing state and federal income taxes, a move that would make the tax system substantially more regressive.”
Scott Walker’s Tax-Cut-Driven Economic Plan – July 28, 2015
The Realities of Governing Will Put Candidates’ Anti-Tax Rhetoric to the Test – November 6, 2014
Tax Shifts Would Cut Taxes for Richest, Raise Taxes on Others – October 15, 2014
Tax Policy and the Race for the Governor’s Mansion: Wisconsin Edition – July 14, 2014
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