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Rick Santorum believes that to have a strong
national economy, we must have strong amilies.
Americas government must recognize this and help
create a positive, pro-amily environment or ouramilies, our communities and our businesses.
Rick believes we are a land o opportunity where
all Americans have the chance to rise on their own
merits and hard work. Sadly, President Obama
believes just the opposite. And hes using class
warare to divide America.
Rick Santorum is committed to celebrating the
amily by reviving our economy and creating jobs
in America again with a smarter and simpler tax
code. Hell roll back job-killing regulations, orce
the ederal government to shrink, and live within
its means by passing a Balanced Budget Amendment
And hell reinvigorate our domestic manuacturing
and energy potential. His vision or America is torestore Americas greatness through by promoting
aith, amily and reedom.
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PAID FOR BY RICK SANTORUM FOR PRESIDENT
During his time in public ofce, Senator Santorum was a strong advocate or a amily and small business-riendly tax code, serving
as the point man to pass the Bush tax cuts o 2001 and 2003 that revitalized our economy ater the terrorist attacks o 9/11. For his
work on reducing the tax burden on all Americans, Senator Santorum has received praise rom groups ranging rom the Club or
Growth to Americans or Tax Reorm and the National Federation o Independent Business.
1. Cut and simpliy personal income taxes by slashing thenumber o tax rates to just two - 10% and 28% - returningto the Reagan era pro-growth top tax rate
2. Simpliy the tax code and reduce middle income taxesby eliminating the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) 3. Simpliy the tax code, encourage savings and investment,
and reduce taxes by eliminating the Death Tax 4. Lower the Capital Gains and Dividend tax rates to 12%
to spur economic growth and investment 5. Reduce taxes or amilies by tripling the personal deduction
or each child 6. Reduce and simpliy taxes or amilies by eliminating marriage
tax penalties throughout the ederal tax code 7. Retain deductions or charitable giving, home mortgage
interest, healthcare, retirement savings, and children 8. Eliminate the cap on deductions or losses incurred in the sale
o a principle residence
9. Cut the corporate income tax rate in halrom 35% to17.5% to make our businesses competitive around the world 10. Eliminate the corporate income tax or manuacturers rom
35% to 0% - which will spur middle income job creation inthe United States and create a job multiplier eect or workers
11. Spur innovation in America by increasing the Research &Development Tax Credit rom 14% to 20% and makingit permanent
12. Eliminate the tax on repatriated taxable corporate income rom 35% rom 0% - when manuacturers invest in plant andequipment; and reduce the corporate tax rate rom 35% to5.25% on other repatriated income and allow or 100%expensing or new business equipment
13. Repeal and replace ObamaCare with market-based healthcare
innovation and competition to improve America andAmericas health and create jobs 14. Reduce ederal (non-deense discretionary) spending to
2008 levels through across the board spending cuts; 15. Eliminate all energy and most agriculture subsidies within
our years, letting market orces work; eliminate resourcesor job killing radical regulatory approaches at the EPAand reocus its mission on sae and clean water and airand common-sense conservation, eliminate unding orPlanned Parenthood and support adoption, reduce undingor the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) or extremepositions undermining economic reedom, eliminate undingor implementation o ObamaCare, and eliminate undingor United Nations organizations that undermine
Americas interests 16. Pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution,
capping government spending at 18% o GDP
17. Support legislation to reorm the Congressional BudgetProcess and support legislation that requires Congress to passconstitutionally required spending bills or oreit its members
pay or the next scal year 18. Eliminate all other Obama era regulations with economicimpact over $100 million
19. Negotiate 5 Free Trade Agreements and submit to Congressin rst year o Presidency
20. Tap into Americas vast domestic energy resources to powerour 21st century economy without picking winners and losers,so all American amilies and businesses can have lowerenergy cost
21. Unleash innovation in telecommunications and Internetconsumer options by getting government out o the way,
which will expand productivity and lower costs 22. Reorm Social Security and Medicare or sustainable retirements 23. Block Grant Medicaid, Housing, Job Training, and other
social services to the states 24. Freeze current non-deense related ederal worker pay levelsor a year and reduce ederal workorce by at least 10% withno compensatory increase in the contract workorce.
25. Secure our border, streamline the legal immigration processto attract highly skilled talent and entrepreneurs rom aroundthe world, and reorm the agriculture worker program so it
works or Americas armers 26. Reclaim the role o parents as the decision makers in their
childrens education and incentivize the states to promoteparental choice and quality education options, because theamily is the oundation o the economy
27. Promote tort reorm and alternatives to litigation or ederalpolicies and programs; and incentivize the states to expand
these reorms across our economy 28. Approve the Keystone Pipeline and other job creatinginitiatives delayed and burdened excessively by governmentregulation
29. Overturn the National Labor Relations decision preventingBoeing rom opening up its airplane actory in South Carolina,and prevent other similar decisions
30. Phase out Fannie Mae and Freddie Macs government backedrole in mortgages and home ownership within ve years
31. Audit the Federal Reserve and return it to its original purpose a single charter to only manage infation
32. Strengthen our national security and national deense so thatwe are not dependent upon our oes or competitors or criticalmanuacturing, technology, energy and other security needs