Withdrawn / Clinton on Tax Policy
Words: Clinton advocates ending the Bush tax cuts and cutting the alternative minimum tax. She opposes cutting off the payroll contribution at $95,000 and would support raising the cap.
Actions: voted FOR increasing tax deductions for college tuition (2001), FOR reducing the “marriage penalty” rather than cutting top tax rates (2001), AGAINST $350 billion in tax breaks over eleven years (2003), FOR extending the tax cuts on capital gains and dividends (2005), FOR retaining reduced taxes on capital gains and dividends (2006), FOR raising $47 billion for the military by repealing the capital gains tax cut (2006), AGAINST permanently repealing the estate tax (2006), AGAINST supporting a permanent estate tax cut (2006), AGAINST raising estate tax exemption to $5 million (2007), and AGAINST repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax (2007). The NTU has given him a rating of 21%.
