Tax Reform

President Ronald Reagan had it right.  Lowering taxes and decreasing burdensome government regulation are keys to jump-starting a troubled economy. We cannot tax, spend and regulate our way to prosperity.  That is simply a recipe for economic disaster.  I believe in the concept of the Fair Tax (H.R. 25) which will replace all taxes with a national retail sales tax.  And I have a hopeful vision that one day American families will not have to pay income taxes, and that rich and poor alike will be allowed to keep the money which they earn.

The Obama Administration is instead reaching deeper into your pockets, and projected to extend our national deficit by $9-trillion, greater than all prior deficits and administrations combined.

While serving in the Georgia State Senate, I adamantly opposed all increases in Georgia’s income tax, ad valorem tax, capital gains tax, property tax, motor fuels tax, estate/inheritance tax and sales tax (with the exception of Special Purpose Local Option Sales Taxes, approved by the voters in that particular county).   While serving in the administration of Governor Zell Miller, we abolished Georgia’s sales tax on most food as well as prescription drugs.  To highlight wasteful government expenditures, I created the “Georgia Stuck Pig Award” in 1999 to bring more attention to abusive uses of state taxpayer funds.  Prior “Stuck Pigs” include the Georgia Department of Corrections spending $40,000 for “Holistic Stress Management” for prisoners, and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources expending $70,000 to build Duck Boxes on a South Carolina Lake.

The U.S. Congress takes spending excess to entirely new and almost obscene levels, which we are attempting to document and share with Georgians each week in our campaign newsletter, Your Weekly Dose of Common Sense, and its regularly featured “Squeal of the Week.” Unfortunately, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, as well as the Obama White House are providing us with an ample supply of material.