Thursday, October 15, 2015

PERRspectives: Rubio: My Tax Cuts Will--and Won't--Pay for Themselves

PERRspectives: Rubio: My Tax Cuts Will--and Won't--Pay for Themselves

"all of the 2016 GOP tax proposals produce red ink as far as the eye can see. The Tax Policy Center among others put the 10-year cost of Rubio's plan at least $2.4 trillion, Jeb Bush's at $3.7 trillion and Donald Trump's as much as $12 trillion. That's why Republicans in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail have turned to so-called "dynamic scoring" in order to make big deficits smaller and convert small deficits into surpluses. Marco Rubio is no exception, touting the fuzzy math of Bill McBride of the conservative Tax Foundation to magically turn red ink black"