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- Claims lower income people benefit more than rich; untrue. (Oct 19)
- Be fair and eliminate death taxes for everyone. (Oct 17)
- Claim that every taxpayer gets relief isn’t true. (Oct 17)
- Blueprint: Cut rates, marriage penalty, & death tax. (Sep 17)
- Don’t eliminate gas tax; ask OPEC to increase supply. (Jul 3)
- Use the marketplace to encourage people to save and invest. (Apr 26)
- New Prosperity Initiative: 6 million tax-free families. (Apr 11)
- End death tax; reduce marriage penalty; more child credits. (Apr 2)
- 1997 no-tax pledge: judge results, despite breaking pledge. (Jan 10)
- $8B tax incentives for charitable contributions. (Jul 1999)
- Read my tax pledge: No new taxes. (Jun 1999)
- Simplify tax code to stimulate economic growth. (Apr 1999)
Income tax Cut
- Gore’s targeted tax cuts apply to too few people. (Nov 2)
- Gore’s convoluted “targeted cuts” exclude too many people. (Oct 25)
- $500B to people earning under $100K; $800B to those richer. (Oct 17)
- Yes, wealthy get tax relief, but 6M poor will pay no tax. (Oct 17)
- Wealthy now pay 62% of all taxes; with his plan, 64%. (Oct 17)
- Clinton/Gore couldn’t deliver on 1992 tax cuts. (Oct 3)
- All Americans deserve tax relief; no more “fuzzy numbers”. (Oct 3)
- More child & charity deductions in $1.3T tax cut. (Sep 30)
- Add targeted cuts to comprehensive tax cut. (Jun 17)
- Cut taxes on income, children, & inheritance. (Jun 6)
- More deductions for kids, education, charity, and marriage. (May 27)
- Reduce share of tax burden on low- and middle-income. (Apr 11)
- Tax cuts, so help me God. (Jan 6)
Returning the Surplus
- Tax relief will spur growth and help pay national debt. (Aug 30)
- Tax cut for all is affordable and right thing to do. (Aug 23)
- The surplus is the people’s money-return it. (Aug 3)
- No one should pay more than 1/3 in taxes. (Aug 3)
- Biggest tax cuts to those who pay the biggest tax bills. (Feb 27)
- Use prosperous times to get money out of Washington. (Jan 26)
- Cut top tax rate to 33% while cutting lower income taxes too. (Jan 10)
- Proposes tax cuts of $483B over 5 years. (Dec 1999)
- Lower tax rates to 10%-25%-33%; end inheritance tax. (Dec 1999)
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