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Jim Gilmore presidential campaign, 2016/Taxes
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 Jim Gilmore |
Governor of Virginia (1998-2002) Attorney General of Virginia (1994-1997) |
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- After Virginia state Sen. J. Chapman Petersen (D-Fairfax) introduced bills on January 11, 2016, that would eliminate the state’s “car tax,” Jim Gilmore told the Washington Post that he thinks “the public is very frustrated they have to continue to pay it. It’s not good. We should have just gotten rid of it altogether.” During his race for Virginia governor in 1997, Gilmore ran “on a ‘No Car Tax!’ pledge, but was never entirely successful.”[2]
- On August 6, 2015, Gilmore tweeted:
- In 2015, Gilmore presented a plan for a flat personal income tax with three tax brackets of 10, 15 and 25 percent. He claimed the plan was "revenue neutral" and would not necessitate major spending cuts. Gilmore initially developed this plan in 2010. This tax plan would also give poor families a tax credit of $4,300.[3][4]
- Gilmore also expressed support for having a lower corporate tax rate, which he said would help to grow the economy by increasing corporate productivity. In a June 2015 interview, before officially declaring his candidacy, he stated, "I remind everyone the corporate tax rate is 35 percent, the highest in the world. How can you compete internationally when our companies are being taxed like that? It is driving people offshore." Under his proposed tax code, Gilmore would lower business income taxes to 15 percent regardless of entity type.[3]
- During the same June 2015 interview, Gilmore said that he supported doing away with the death tax. He claimed that the death tax causes citizens to think their legacies will go to the government rather than be passed on to their children, causing people to be less motivated to be productive during their lifetimes.[3]
- In 1999, Gilmore was elected chairman of the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce. The commission was formed to look into the advantages and disadvantages of taxing and regulating Internet sales, and the effects regulation could have on electronic trade and commerce. Gilmore opposed having an Internet tax.[5][6]
- In his 1997 run for governor of Virginia, Gilmore campaigned heavily on the principle that he would eliminate the Virginia car tax. Legislation was put in place to gradually eradicate the tax by 2002, but in 2002 the refunds on the tax were frozen at 70 percent due to budget constraints. In 2004 the tax refund was capped at a total of $950 million beginning in the 2006 tax year.[7]
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- ↑ Politico, "Jim Gilmore suspends campaign," February 12, 2016
- ↑ The Washington Post, "A Democratic senator wants to kill the car tax — like Gov. Gilmore," January 12, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 WMUR9 ABC, "Commitment 2016 Conversation with the Candidate: Jim Gilmore," June 19, 2015
- ↑ MSNBC, "Jim Gilmore: Trump ‘is wrong’ on immigration," August 18, 2015
- ↑ Commonwealth of Virginia, Office of the Governor, Press Office, "Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore Elected Chairman of Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce," June 21, 1999
- ↑ Real Clear Policy, "GOP Should Reject Internet Tax," June 12, 2013
- ↑ Tax Foundation, "Jim Gilmore's Car Tax Repeal Plan, 18 Years Later," July 30, 2015
