Jeb Bush is meeting with the high priests of supply-side economics, Stephen Moore, Steve Forbes, and Larry Kudlow http://t.co/O6zmwHqQwi
— Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) September 8, 2015
Hey look, Jeb Bush is getting terrible advice on tax policy. http://t.co/t1YXEElya2
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) September 8, 2015
Let's ignore Trump and focus on the mature, policy-oriented grown-ups who actually have power in the GOP. https://t.co/Rwjt8rSmWY
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) September 8, 2015
SURPRISE: Jeb's tax plan is a big tax cut for the rich. Taxpayers making over $10 million get a cut from 26% to 21%. http://t.co/jOEI69p3Lx
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) September 9, 2015
Per Jonathan Chait at NYMag:
… Bush’s plan, unveiled in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, would replicate his brother’s program in extremis. Like Dubya, Jeb would reduce income taxes at the bottom of the earning scale. Dubya reduced the estate tax; Jeb would eliminate it entirely. Dubya cut the top tax rate to 35 percent, while Jeb would lower it all the way to 28 percent. Unlike his brother, he would also slash corporate tax rates, from 28 percent to 20 percent…
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