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[Benton]

(08-10-2016, 03:59 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Can you expound on the above?

http://www.ontheissues.org/Gary_Johnson.htm

Taxes

Quote:

• Current tax code penalizes productivity & investment. (Jan 2016)
• 23% national sales tax while eliminating the IRS. (May 2012)
• Get rid of income tax and capital-gains tax. (Feb 2012)
• FairTax on all new goods & services, with prebates for poor. (Feb 2012)
• FairTax would absolutely reboot the American economy. (Sep 2011)
• Replace tax system with a FairTax. (Sep 2011)
• Replace job-killing tax code with FairTax. (Sep 2011)
• Reduce state personal income tax from 8.5% to 8%. (Jul 2011)
• No national sales tax or VAT. (Feb 2000)
  

SS, Welfare

Quote:

• Raise the retirement age to 70 or 72. (Aug 2012)
• A portion of Social Security ought to be privatized. (Aug 2012)
• Replace the payroll tax with FairTax. (Feb 2012)
• Raise the retirement age; plus means testing. (Aug 2011)
• Reform all entitlements, including Social Security. (Jul 2011)
• Open to personal accounts for Social Security. (Jul 2011)
• Change escalator from wage-based to inflation-based. (May 2011)
• Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare. (Aug 2001)
  • Impose gross income cap on welfare recipients. (Jul 2011)
  • Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding. (Sep 2001)
  • Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants. (Sep 2001)
    
  
  

As far as the socially liberal...

Quote:

• Let people drive 75 mph & buy beer on Sundays. (Nov 2011)
• Favorite philosopher: Milton Friedman. (Aug 2011)
• Tea Party insures that Republicans are part of the solution. (Jul 2011