Perry combines the worst of all worlds. He offers a large tax cut to the wealthy while offering little to the poor, he maintains many distortive tax deductions, and he does not actually make the process of tax preparation any simpler.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.31.2011
WASHINGTON -- Under Texas Governor Rick Perry's tax plan, the U.S. government would lose $995 billion in revenue by 2015 while individuals making more...
AP | By CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 12.31.2011
WASHINGTON -- Key proposals from the Republican presidential candidates might make for good campaign fodder. But independent analyses raise serious qu...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.30.2011
WASHINGTON -- The nation's ongoing economic downturn has sparked an odd response from a growing number of conservative and Republican leaders: a desir...
Posted 12.28.2011
Minnesota congresswoman and GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann thinks she's being ripped off by a competitor. In a recent interview with A...
The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.26.2011
Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry admitted that he made mistakes in debates, in an interview on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Fact...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 12.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- Rick Perry sought -- with his flat tax proposal Tuesday -- to catch the same "simplify-the-tax-code" wave that fellow Republican preside...
The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.25.2011
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry says he wants a huge tax break for the rich, and he doesn't care what it means for income inequality. ...
AP | By KASIE HUNT and CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 12.25.2011
GRAY COURT, S.C. -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry proposed dramatic tax and spending changes Tuesday, saying he would let Americans cho...
AP | KASIE HUNT and CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 12.25.2011
GRAY COURT, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry proposed dramatic tax and spending changes Tuesday, saying he would let American...
The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.21.2011
Sarah Palin praised Texas Gov. Rick Perry's flat tax plan Thursday evening in an interview on "The Sean Hannity Show" on Fox News. "Rick Perry -- n...
AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 12.21.2011
WASHINGTON — Texas Gov. Rick Perry's call for a flat income tax rate will tie his Republican presidential campaign to a contentious issue that e...
AP | KASIE HUNT | Posted 12.19.2011
LAS VEGAS — Working to distinguish himself from rival Mitt Romney, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that he wants to scrap America's current...
Robert Pozen | Posted 01.01.2012