The Pros And Cons Of Gop Tax Initiatives

In the March 23,2016 The Washington Post, “The GOP-and its big funders-scramble to insulate Congress from Trump.” The author Matea Gold and Paul Kane explore how the Republican attempt to limit Trump’s controversial influence on the congressional race. The author also illuminate how the Democratic focus on Trump as an opportunity to threaten the GOP’s lead in the House and take the Senate for winning the Presidential Election. At the same time, The Republican shift focus from Trump to Congress. Republican and their donor are prevented the Senate and House candidates from the negative effect of Trump. Attacking Democratic for text rising becomes a key element of the remedy. The strategists of GOP hope their efforts will help inoculate congressional

The political season is in full swing and the so-called 'talking heads' on television are going on about this or that candidate and who has the best or worst chance of securing their party's nomination and why. The Republican Party nomination is wide open with so many candidates that it's actually causing a problem as far as how to manage debates between all of them. The Democratic Party nomination has been another story. Just a month or two ago, the Democratic Party nomination was not considered a race. Hillary Clinton has most of the big name democratic donors wrapped up and it seemed to be all but over. Apparently, Bernie Sanders didn't get the memo.

The tax policy in the United States is very confusing. When the tax policy was originally written in 1913 it was four hundred pages. Now, over the past ninety one years, that tax policy has evolved to over 72,000 pages. Since the tax code has become so lengthy and nearly impossible to understand, the topic of tax reform has been in the minds of many. Although, most barely think about tax reform until tax season. It is a controversial subject due to the impact a change in tax code would have on the American people. The two most popular and widely known stakeholders in this debate are the two major political parties in the United States, the Democrats and the Republicans. The two parties share absolutely no common ground on the subject of

Q-1: The support of religious conservatives leaning more towards the GOP rose during Reagan’s 2-term presidency and the years that followed. By capturing the religious right, Reagan set precedence for expanding the conservative base of the Republican Party (McAdam and Kloos 212). By stressing their activist and organizational movement skills, the Christian Right were able to develop and solidify more of an influence over the GOP, pushing the GOP in a rightward direction.

What should America do in reference to the tax proposals offered by our 2016 presidential candidates? The support groups of these proposals differ quite drastically. While some candidates offer a flat tax rate, or a tax rate that doesn’t offer much substantial impact, Senator Bernie Sanders offers America a complete tax reform. Sander 's tax proposal declares that it is crucial for the economy of America to decrease the gap between the very rich, and the middle class, therefore, Sanders wants to enforce a tax increase on households making more than $250,000. The tax proposal Bernie Sanders wants to perform is essential for America in order to guarantee every citizen healthcare, provide a stepping stone for debt free college, and to properly strengthen the less wealthy.

Cruz’s view on the economy this: something different. Maybe that is all he needs to say for people to be attracted to him as a candidate. He has created a simple tax plan which states that every person would have to pay a 10% flat

Rubio opposes the European -Style tax, a tax that allow the government to raise taxes but not tell you what it's used for. He is planning to cut taxes by eliminating the marriage penalty and Alternative Minimum Tax. He is planning to create a 2500 universal tax credit in the first four year of postsecondary education and relate the

First and foremost, he wants to abolish the IRS and create a flat tax system (Stoltzfoos). To most people, it sounds like a great idea. Sometimes the poor actually pay more taxes than the rich. The rich has too many ways to trick the system and pay less taxes. What they do not understand is that taxation is very important to every nation. Without taxation, the government won’t be able to function, roads won’t be fixed, laws won’t be enforced and no social services for people to do. Without proper taxation, this nation would be in complete disorder. However, this flat tax system that Cruz is thinking of might work. This system will be fair for all taxpayers. Everyone will be paying the same rate no matter how much their income is (Stoltzfoos). Not only that it is fair, it reduces the work the IRS needs to do by a significant amount. However, it is impossible to abolish the IRS while Obama is still in office. All they could do is simplify things for the people that work for the IRS and lighten up their burden. Additionally, he is a big defender is a big defender of the Constitution. He wants Congress to start creating a balanced budget to reduce the country’s debt and its

More savings will thus reduce that rate and so presumably spur more entrepreneurship and so on” (Worstall). Worstall proves not only is non-taxed income possible but it can be done over time. Tami Luhby, senior writer for CNN Money, interviewed Gerald Friedman from the Economics Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Friedman mentions that Bernie Sanders helped him do an experiment which worked. Friedman, however, argues that “Sanders ' plan would be more stimulative because it is pouring money [$1 trillion on infrastructure] into the economy, as opposed to cutting taxes… (Luhby). The thinking goes: This enhanced government spending would increase demand on businesses, who would then hire more workers to meet their needs. The increase in employment will prompt people to buy more, leading other businesses to hire. If there is more spending, people will have more to do, Friedman said, noting that the share of the population with jobs could be restored to its 1999 level of more than 64%, up from its current 59.6% rate” (Luhby). Mr. Sander’s plan is similar to our current President Barack Obama’s plan. He poured money into the economy but it was by artificially inflating the Stock Market and economy. We still have high unemployment and now an additional $10.6 trillion in national debt. (Sargent)

For the Democratic party, I will be taking a look into the proposed tax policies of Hillary Clinton as well as Bernie Sanders’. On the other hand, for the Republican Party, I will examine the tax policies of Donald Trump along with Marco Rubio’s. Before I begin comparing each of the four candidates, I will present some of the policies in the current tax code. This will help analyze the changes the candidates want to make when I immediately after list their tax policies and the specific changes they wish to bring about in order to improve the current tax code.

About Tax policy, the Democrats want to cut tax for middle and low income families, but the tax need to increase on corporation and wealthy individuals. About the Republicans, they want to cut tax for

The Republican Party also supports a flat tax in addition to these tax cuts. Tax policies that divide Americans into separate groups aren’t something that Republicans agree with, such as raising taxes for the upper-class citizens. Republicans believe that the fairest way to tax United States citizens is to make everyone pay a certain percentage, no matter what your income is. In February of 2014 the Republicans released a tax reform plan. This plan included lower tax rates across the board, a new bank tax, and the elimination of state and local income tax deductions. The main goal of the proposal would be to eliminate 4 of the 7 tax brackets in the United States and create a 3-bracket system. This new system would drastically decrease many people’s tax rates. However, people who are at the bottom of the brackets would experience an increase in their tax rates.

"The most perennially political issues in the United States is the question of how much Americans should be taxed. Indeed, discounted over taxes was one of the major motivating factors in the revolution that established the United States as an independent nation"("Extending Tax Cuts", 1). Since taxes are one of the biggest topics in politics, there is always going to be two sides of the subject, and Taxes will always strike controversy in our country. The topic of having the rich pay more in tax has a deep history to consider, and there will always be both supporters and critics who continue to debate this topic.

Republicans and Democrats historically have found it difficult to agree on many policy issues, and taxation represents another area of disagreement. Each party’s ideology partially explains why they take a different approach to taxation and furthermore alludes to the different coalitions present in each party. Democrats traditionally favor higher taxes, while Republicans feel as though raising taxes is inefficient. The past twenty years illustrate these two stances, and each party clearly has a history of rhetoric and policy preferences to confirm this. Each president or presidential candidate from each party has reflected a position consistent with the party’s overall stance, and this in turn explains why each party has had trouble coming to an agreement over tax policy. Furthermore, other policy issues play a role in taxation policy for both parties. Specifically social welfare and government programs correlate with taxation policy, and each party has an entirely different view on how such programs should be operated. With a fundamental difference in ideology and a different set of interests, Republicans gravitate towards less taxation while Democrats favor higher taxation.

In his tax plan, he wants to reduce taxes for working and middle-income Americans. These people, who will receive a massive tax reduction, will like this change. Also,