Taxes
Congress has passed legislation to increase income taxes, to reimpose the marriage tax penalty and to reduce the child tax credit. With an economic recession, and painful layoffs continuing to mount, the last thing taxpayers need is higher taxes. Our tax system is too complicated, too burdensome and puts American-made products at a competitive disadvantage to foreign competitors. I have introduced legislation titled, “A Roadmap For America’s Future,” which, in addition to addressing the challenges facing the future of health care, Medicare and Social Security, it provides a flatter, simpler system for taxpayers to pay their income taxes and levels the playing field for American-made products to compete against foreign competitors making it easier for American manufacturers to keep jobs in the U.S.

For more information on this subject, please see my Taxes Issue Paper.

Related materials

Issue Paper: Taxes

News Releases by Topic: Taxes

Statements and Speeches by Topic: Taxes

CRS Reports: Overview of the Federal Tax System Major Tax Issues in the 110th Congress

Budget Committee Reports: Taxes

Other Resources: A Roadmap for America's Future 2008 Annual Report to Taxpayers Certain Payments to Disabled Veterans Ruled Tax-Free; Some May Be Due Refunds U.S. Department of Treasury