91. Advisers to Dole say that if he is elected he is expected to embrace a long-term, fundamental overhaul of the tax system to bring rates down. 92. Adoption of either tax system would mean a much smaller and less powerful IRS. 93. Aides to Dole said he would instead promise to work toward simplifying the tax system. 94. Alexander, Buchanan, Dole, Forbes and Gramm all supported a simpler tax system, with fewer rates. 95. Almost everyone agrees that the current tax system is wrongheaded. 96. Both senators said that while they wanted to end these techniques, they would also investigate how to overhaul the corporate tax system and close loopholes. 97. Bush argued that his proposal would have created a fairer state tax system, but it was too controversial for the Legislature. 98. Bush attacks the fundamental structure of the tax system. 99. Bush should ask Gore to justify a tax system that takes more than that. 100. But a simple, uniform tax system would raise revenues while taking minimal time away from building the new economy, he said. |