Positions and Views of Gary Swing
on Taxes
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| Taxes |
Positions and Views |
| Taxes, a General Statement |
The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was never legally ratified. There is no law requiring Americans to pay a federal income tax on their labor. The federal income tax should be abolished and replaced with a national "fair tax" (progressive national sales tax).
About 48 percent of the federal income tax revenue is now budgeted for past and present military costs plus the military portion of the national debt. This accounts for $1,398 billion in Fiscal Year 2011, including $721 billion for the misnamed "Department of Defense," $155 billion for the military portions of other departments, $123 billion for veterans benefits, and $399 billion for interest on the military portion of the national debt. See www.warresisters.org for details.
I support war tax resistance. (See the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee website at www.nwtrcc.org). As a candidate, I support cutting the military budget by at least 90 percent effective immediately, and restricting the military to non-offensive territorial defense of the United States.
Source: Gary Swing (09/03/2010) |
| National Sales Tax |
I support replacing the federal income tax with a national sales tax.
Source: Gary Swing (Write-in) (10/22/2008) |
| Child Tax Credit |
Opposed
Source: Gary Swing (Write-in) (10/23/2008) |
| Oil Company Tax Breaks |
Opposed
Source: Gary Swing (Write-in) (10/23/2008) |
| Internal Revenu Service (IRS) |
Abolish the IRS.
Source: Gary Swing (Write-in) (10/22/2008) |
| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Tax Code |
| Income Tax Rates |
| Taxing the the Wealthiest 1% |
| Corporate Income Taxes |
| Taxes on Interest, Dividends, and Capital Gains |
| Estate Taxes (Death / Birth Tax) |
| Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) |
| Extending the Bush Tax Cuts |
| Value-Added Tax |
| Tax Proposals |
| Taxes Policy |
| Flat Tax |
| Reforming and Simplifying Federal Taxes |
| Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) |
| Marriage Penalty |
| Income Tax on Seniors |
| Tax Rates on Private Equity Funds |
| 2001 Tax Cuts |
| Tax Credits for College |
| Tax Credits for Health Care |
| Tax-Free Savings Accounts |
| Business Tax Credits |
| R&D Tax Credit |
| Corporate Tax Loopholes |
| Offshore Tax Havens |
| Property Taxes |