Word: flatted
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Hutchinson hopes to keep the Third in the family by winning the seat being vacated by his brother Tim, who's running for the Senate. He has constructed his platform along conservative business lines. To stimulate the economy, he would impose a modified flat tax, cut the capital-gains tax at least 50% and judge the worth of federal departments like the FDA and EPA by subjecting them to cost-benefit and risk-benefit analyses. A former U.S. Attorney, he's tough on crime and supports "three-strikes" sentencing, but opposes gun control...
Miller returned to the House race this year with the same conservative politics as in 1994, but with more money. She supports House majority leader Dick Armey's flat-tax plan or "virtually any other tax cut." A mom who schooled her daughter at home, she favors tuition tax credits that give parents the choice between public, private and home schooling. Miller opposed both the Brady Bill and the assault-weapons...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "[T]he flat tax and/or a compensation tax would greatly simplify the process. Both would encourage increased savings and investment, and reduce confusion and the need for extensive IRS involvement...
...upset victor in the G.O.P. primary, the wealthy lawyer thinks Illinois is more Republican than it has been in a generation. It had better be: Salvi supports a constitutional amendment to balance the budget, wants to privatize Social Security and implement a flat...
Petyo's slogan is "Let's Put Americans Back in Charge," which to this G.O.P. challenger means shifting education out of federal hands, cutting small-business regulation and instituting a modified flat tax. Petyo hopes to win G.O.P.-leaning areas and limit losses elsewhere, but that might be tough in this heavily Democratic district...