Clayton Campaign Issues Statement Condemning Regressive Tax Policies for Working Americans: NO TAXES FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON FOOD STAMPS

2008-04-15T21:40:00.000-07:00

Today, working Americans will be unjustly required to pay a regressive tax which many economists feel hurts the economy. The Clayton campaign agrees with these economists.

As your senator, Mark Clayton will introduce legislation imposing a moratorium on all income taxes for those who earn $50,000 or less individually. The legislation will also impose a moratorium on all IRS collection activities on wage earners and self-employed who earn $100,000 or less. The Clayton campaign believes the income tax moratorium to be vital and necessary for any realistic economic stimulus package.

As senator, Mark Clayton would also introduce legislation to the effect that American soldiers will no longer be required to file a tax return if they are on food stamps.

"There should be no taxes for American Soldiers on food stamps," Mark Clayton is prepared to say.

Under article ten, states which receive federal funding will be required to establish independent local review boards to monitor IRS collection activites and to ensure local compliance standards are met.

Mark Clayton is taking a no-compromise approach to this issue, and such measures would merely serve as a "breathing room" recession stop-gap, allowing time during the last precious moments the United States Senate has left to overhaul the current broken revenue system.

The first order of business for the United States Senate in 2009 should be to convene a special revenue and tariff session aimed at overhauling the current broken revenue system which is doing its part to drag America down into the Slow Depression.

Clayton for Senate

Clayton Campaign Issues Statement Condemning Regressive Tax Policies for Working Americans: NO TAXES FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON FOOD STAMPS