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Lee Zeldin on Tax Reform
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NY gone dark from taxes, lost jobs, suffocating regulations
[On partisanship]: "With one-party Democrat rule in New York City and Albany, the light that once shone as a beacon of what America can be has gone dark," he said. "The New York that was once a magnet for the world's best and brightest is
now forcing its own to leave under the crushing weight of skyrocketing taxes, lost jobs, suffocating regulations, and rising crime resulting from dangerously liberal policies."
Source: New York Times on 2022 New York Gubernatorial race
, Apr 8, 2021
Simplify tax code & reduce tax burden
To remain a leader in the global economy, we must improve our nation's business climate by eliminating excessive federal mandates,
simplifying our tax code, reducing burdensome tax rates, and cutting wasteful spending.
Source: 2014 N. Y. House campaign website, ZeldinForCongress.com
, Nov 4, 2014
Repeal the estate tax; fight all tax increases
Q: Do you support the permanent repeal of the federal estate tax?A: Yes.
Q: Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year?
A: Yes. I will fight all tax increases and provide federal support for initiatives that would ease the burden of living in Eastern Long Island.
Source: New York Congressional 2008 Political Courage Test
, Nov 1, 2008
Repeal the death tax, immediately and with no expiration.
Zeldin co-sponsored Death Tax Repeal Act - Better check this guy; upload got cut off at "S"
Repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
- Subtitle B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes) is hereby repealed.
- The repeal shall apply to estates of decedents dying, gifts made, and generation-skipping transfers made after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Explanation from ObTheIssues.org:
Previously the estate tax was repealed, but with a "sunset clause" which terminated the repeal as of 2012TK; this new act has no such built-in expiration. The previous versions of the estate tax repeal also scaled by year the percentage of an estate not subject to the tax; this new act has no scaling and would take full effect immediately.
Source: H.R.147 13-HR0147 on Jan 3, 2013
Opposes increasing federal income taxes.
Zeldin opposes the CC survey question on increasing tax rates
CC.org's self-description: "The Christian Coalition voter guide [is] one of the most powerful tools Christians have ever had to impact our society during elections. This simple tool has helped educate tens of millions of citizens across this nation as to where candidates for public office stand on key faith and family issues.
The Coalition is a political organization, made up of pro-family Americans who care deeply about ensuring that government serves to strengthen and preserve, rather than threaten, our families and our values. To that end, we work continuously to identify, educate and mobilize Christians for effective political action."
The CC survey summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: 'Increasing federal income tax rates'
Source: Christian Coalition Survey 14-CC-Q11 on Aug 15, 2014
Supports barring IRS free speech rules.
Zeldin supports the CC survey question on disallowing IRS free speech rules
CC.org's self-description: "The Christian Coalition voter guide [is] one of the most powerful tools Christians have ever had to impact our society during elections. This simple tool has helped educate tens of millions of citizens across this nation as to where candidates for public office stand on key faith and family issues.
The Coalition is a political organization, made up of pro-family Americans who care deeply about ensuring that government serves to strengthen and preserve, rather than threaten, our families and our values. To that end, we work continuously to identify, educate and mobilize Christians for effective political action."
The CC survey summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: 'Prohibiting the IRS from ruling on issues of free speech in churches'
Source: Christian Coalition Survey 14-CC-Q4a on Aug 15, 2014
Death Tax is a pernicious double tax.
Zeldin voted YEA Death Tax Repeal Act
Heritage Action Summary: This bill would repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, as well as cut the top gift tax rate.
Heritage Foundation recommendation to vote YES: (4/16/2015): Collectively, these measures repeal the pernicious double tax known as the "death tax," and result in a tax cut of $269 billion over 10 years. The death tax hurts economic growth and therefore limits the ability of Americans to prosper. Repealing the death tax would generate an average of 18,000 jobs annually and increase the overall net worth of American households by $300 billion a year. The federal government should encourage, not punish, Americans who work and pay taxes their whole lives, save enough to support themselves through retirement, and retain the ability to fulfill the American Dream by passing along a better life to their children.
Secretary of Labor Robert Reich recommendation to vote YES: (robertreich.org 6/4/2015):
At a time of historic economic inequality, it should be a no-brainer to raise a tax on inherited wealth for the very rich. Yet there's a move among some members of Congress to abolish it altogether. Today the estate tax reaches only the richest 2/10 of 1%, and applies only to dollars in excess of $10.86 million for married couples or $5.43 million for individuals. That means if a couple leaves to their heirs $10,860,001, they now pay the estate tax on $1. The current estate tax rate is 40%, so that would be 40 cents. Yet according to these members of Congress, that's still too much. Our democracy's Founding Fathers did not want a privileged aristocracy. Yet that's the direction we're going in. The tax on inherited wealth is one of the major bulwarks against it. That tax should be increased and strengthened.
Legislative outcome: Passed by the House 240-179-12; never came to vote in Senate.
Source: Congressional vote 15-H1105 on Apr 16, 2015
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