Are Romney and Ryan Forgetting About Tax Cuts as a Winning Issue?

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James Pethokoukis

8/30/12

 

As the late Robert Novak once put it, “God put the Republican Party on earth to cut taxes. If they don’t do that, they have no useful function.”

 

And since 1980, the tax issue has been a key driver — perhaps the key driver — of electoral success for the GOP. But during his speech last night, Paul Ryan mentioned the word “tax,” one way or the other, seven times.

 

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But tax reform — including tax rate cuts — is just as imperative. A reformed tax code that is pro-investment — including lower rates, fewer distorting deductions — would boost economic growth, create jobs, raise incomes, and make it easier to pay down our debt.

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