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Tax Issues Loom Over Campaign

Candidates offer differing views on 'fair tax,' extending Bush cuts

By Kevin Langbaum,  Newser User

Posted Jan 5, 2008 9:44 AM CST

(Newser) – With President Bush’s tax cuts set to expire in 2010, tax reform could become a key issue in this year’s presidential race, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Most Republican candidates favor extending the cuts, though Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul support eliminating income tax altogether. The Democratic candidates almost universally favor repealing Bush’s cuts but differ slightly in their proposals.

Huckabee’s endorsement of the “Fair Tax,” which would abolish the IRS and boost sales tax to 23%, has been called radical by experts. Other GOP plans are more traditional, such as lowering corporate tax rates. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama would repeal tax cuts for families with incomes over $250,000. John Edwards’ cut-off was lower, at $200,000.

Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., left, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., take the stage before a debate at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., left, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., take the stage before a debate at Drexel University in Philadelphia,...   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopefuls Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn. and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speak to each other before the GOP candidates debate at Ford Community and Performing Arts Center Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, in Dearborn, Mich. The debate...
Republican presidential hopefuls Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn. and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speak to each other before...   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopefuls Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, left, answers a questionas former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee listens to his answer, during a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007. Paul and Huckabee both support a fair tax that would eliminate income tax and raise sales tax to...
Republican presidential hopefuls Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, left, answers a questionas former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee listens to his answer, during a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla.,...   (Associated Press)
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Income tax return   (Shutterstock)
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