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[https://d70h9a36p82zs.cloudfront.net/Ccpres2016/base/assets/1-0-1/production/Chris-Christie-TheEconomy.pdf Gov. Christie’s Five Point Economic Growth Plan]
====“Flatter, Fairer And Simpler Individual Income Taxes”====
*Lower Rates For Every American: Simplify the income tax system to just three individual income tax rates, instead of the current six. The top rate will be no higher than the 28% set in the last major successful tax reform effort in this country – the Bradley-Gephardt-Reagan law signed in 1986. and the bottom rate should be single digit.
*Keep Taxes Simple By Reducing Deductions And Giveaways: Eliminate or modify deductions, credits, and targeted provisions in the code – both on the personal and the corporate side – to ensure that the plan does not increase the deficit. One approach in this regard is to cap the total amount of deductions and credits that an individual or married couple could take.
**Governor Christie would keep in place the deduction for charitable contributions and that for interest on home mortgages – at least for a first home.
====“Putting Capital To Work In America”====
“U.S. companies are declining to make investments here at home.”
*Encourage Capital Investments In Equipment: “Companies are not making capital investments in the U.S. in part because they are concerned about the anti-growth direction of Washington.” Christie wants to permit the full expensing of corporate investments in capital equipment and encourage this type of very important investment to “spur the type of growth that will create middle class jobs.”
*A One-Time Repatriation Holiday: Allow American companies a one-time opportunity to repatriate profits earned overseas over the last two decades at a much lower tax rate - 8.75%.
** “This would unleash well over a trillion dollars of capital that would be invested in the United States of America to expand companies in the U.S, build factories and warehouses, improve our infrastructure and create jobs.”
*A Territorial Tax System: As it stands now, America is among a tiny handful of nations which have a system that taxes profits twice. Christie would have his “one-time repatriation holiday” be combined with a permanent transition to a Territorial Tax System going forward, in which profits are taxed just once in the country in which they are generated.
====“A More Competitive Corporate Tax Rate”====
“While other countries have been reducing their rates to improve their competitive position, the United States has been stuck at 35% which discourages investment and job creation.”
*Reduce The Corporate Tax Rate From 35% To 25%: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) studies have shown that corporate taxes are the most harmful to growth. In fact, Standard & Poor’s reported that cutting the corporate tax rate by ten percentage point could create as many as 10 million jobs over the next five years, while improving labor force participation. NEED TO FACT CHECK THIS
*Repeal The Medical Device Tax: Repeal one of Obamacare’s 2.3% tax on medical devices. “The medical device industry has been a source of growth for the U.S. economy, a source of exports, and a source of innovation.”
====Eliminate The Payroll Tax For Those At The Beginning And End Of Their Careers====
In outlining his entitlement reform proposals, Governor Christie recommended eliminating the payroll tax for those above age 62. Today, Governor Christie is also calling for a similar tax break for those newly entering the work force, below age 25. This will encourage those nearing retirement to keep working should they want to; and make it easier for the young to enter the work force.
===Entitlement Spending===
[https://d70h9a36p82zs.cloudfront.net/Ccpres2016/base/assets/1-0-1/production/Chris-Christie-EntitlementReform.pdf Gov. Christie's 12-Point Plan To Reform Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Disability]
====MediCare====
“Protecting Health Benefits For Today’s And Tomorrow’s Seniors”
Governor Christie proposes “keeping it simple - if you can afford to pay more for your health benefits you will and if you can’t, you won’t.”
*Expanding Existing Premium Means Testing: expanding the existing sliding scale for Medicare premiums for higher-income seniors
**Seniors with a $85,000 a year income will pay 40% of premium costs, increasing it to 90% above $196,000 a year.
**Greater cost-sharing through higher income-related premiums will also be applied to the drug prescription program Medicare Part D.
*Rasing the Eligibility Age at a Gradual Rate:Just as with Social Security, the Medicare program must be adjusted to reflect the longer, healthier and more productive lives Americans are living. Governor Christie proposes increasing the Medicare eligibility by one month per year so that by 2040 it would be 67 years old, and by 2064 would be 69 years old.
*Creating Uniform, Single Combined Deductible:
**Creating a uniform single annual deductible of $550, with a uniform coinsurance rate of 20% above the deductible.
**Providing catastrophic protection for seniors with just a 5% cost-share after out of pocket expenses reach $5,500 in a year, and a hard cap of $7,500 a year in cost-sharing. This will save money for the Medicare system while also providing greater protection against catastrophic costs for seniors.
====Medicaid====
“Empowering States To Focus On Better Services For The Individual”
Governor Christie proposes “making the program less complicated, easier and more focused on how to serve people.” *Providing States with a Per Capita Allocation To Fund The Program{{: Under Governor Christie’s proposal, per capita caps are indexed to the number of enrollees in Medicaid, giving each state a set amount of funds per individual enrollee. The Governor also proposes to adjust this amount for inflation going forward. Under such an arrangement, Medicaid would continue to provide more funding for states and low-income individuals when the economy is doing poorly and unemployment increases. By implementing a per capita cap system, all states will have increased freedom to tailor Medicaid programs.**Simplifying the Waiver Process: Under the current system, states have to wait months to receive waiver approval in order to shape their Medicaid program to fit the specific needs of their state and people. The Governor is calling for a simplified waiver process where “waiver templates” of what has worked in one state, to make them easy to approve in another. *Better Coordinating Care For Dual Eligibles: Over 9 million low-income seniors and individuals with disabilities are enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. And while these individuals represent just 13% of enrollees in either program, they account for 27% of all Medicare spending and 40% of Medicaid spending. These individuals would be better served if they received their coverage through a managed care organization. This will allow the services provided to them to be better coordinated through singular oversight across the spectrum of health care funding streams. *Requiring a Modest Copay for Those Above the Poverty Line. Governor Chris Christie proposes that those Medicaid with incomes above 100% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPLHealth Policy) would have a $10 copay for a doctor’s visit and a $20 copay for a hospital visit. This will introduce economics into the health care purchase decision and encourage rational use of health care resources.====Disability Insurance====“Refocusing Assistance To Put People Back to Work”Gov. Christie proposes “focusing on ways to help those beneficiaries who can keep working to return to the workforce and encouraging rehabilitation in lieu of permanent disability.” *Focusing On Remaining In The Workforce: Similar to reforms enacted in The Netherlands, for individuals applying for disability benefits the goal should be to find solutions that keep people in the labor force and living productive lives. “Reforms in The Netherlands have had the effect of reducing the flow of new disability beneficiaries by 60% in 6 years.”**Workplace Solutions And Rehabilitation: Require applicants to first work directly with employers and rehabilitation specialists to create a plan and explore alternatives and accommodations that can be made to address their specific needs in their current workplace. **Employer Incentives: Offer tax incentives that encourage employers to invest in prevention, accommodation and rehabilitation services for their workers as well as to provide short-term private disability insurance.*Incentivizing Individuals To Get Back To Work: Governor Christie proposes reforming the DI program to encourage people to get back into the workforce by speeding up the qualification review process, updating the requirements for recency of work and for returning to work, as well as increasing funding for continuing reviews. At the same time the program should encourage vocational rehab, wage subsidies and preventive care services to keep an individual working with additional support.}}
[https://d70h9a36p82zs.cloudfront.net/issues/Criminal_Justice_Reform.pdf Christie’s Criminal Justice Reform Plan]
Focus on Treatment First with Expansion of Drug Courts: Governor Christie has championed the use of drug courts in the state of New Jersey, which allow first time, non-violent offenders, the opportunity to get the treatment they need rather than serving jail time. The Governor expanded mandatory drug court for first time non-violent drug offenders across the state, and is calling for the expansion drug courts to every state.
*The rate at which drug court graduates are re-arrested for new offenses is 16% and the reconviction rate is 8%. This is compared to re-arrest rates for drug offenders released from prison, which stand at 54% with a re-conviction rate of 43%.
*An average institutional cost per inmate is approximately $38,900, whereas the cost for an active drug court participant is roughly $11,379.
Governor Christie also called for ending the current dysfunctional, ad-hoc approach for implementing drug courts being used on the federal level.
*As President, Christie would make drug court mandatory in all 94 federal districts. He will implement a system to review and analyze outcomes of the various drug court models and institute best practices guidance for federal judges and prosecutors.
I support medical not recreational marijuana. (Sep 2015)
-http://www.ontheissues.org/Chris_Christie.htm#Drugs
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[[Image: Gov_christie_press_lrg.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chris Christie]]*Name: Christopher James Christie*Date of Birth: September 6, 1962*Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey*Religion: Catholic*Marital Status: Married (Mary Pat)*Children: Andrew (21), Sarah (19), Patrick (15) and Bridget (11)*Alma Mater: University of Delaware (BA), Seton Hall University School of Law (JD)*Political Career: Governor of New Jersey (2010-present); U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey (2002-2008); Freeholder, Morris County (1995-1998)*Twitter Handle: @GovChristie[http://www.newsweek.com/chris-christie-all-you-need-know-354901 (Newsweek)] Christie was born and raised in New Jersey. He began his career as lawyer, won his first election in 1994 as a freeholder for Morris County, but lost the next year in a bid to win a seat in New Jersey’s state Assembly. He moved to New Jersey’s capital, Trenton, in 1998, not as an elected official but as a lobbyist for energy companies. He raised funds for the George W. Bush campaign in 2000, and in 2002 Bush appointed him U.S. attorney for New Jersey. He held the position until 2008. In 2009 he won the New Jersey governorship by defeatingincumbent Governor Jon Corzine. Christie soon became a hot commodity in GOP circles as a tough-talking governor of a state that typically goes blue in presidential elections. He was seen as so appealing that some Republicans tried to recruit him to contest the 2012 presidential election. Christie passed. But in a twist of fate he became part of the election conversation anyway. Just days before Election Day,Hurricane Sandy devastated the New Jersey coast. Once the waters subsided, Christie praised President Obama’s handling of the storm response and then exchanged a friendly handshake with the president when he visited New Jersey to see the damage firsthand. Some Republicans were furious with Christie, insisting he had hugged the president and helped him win the presidency. Christie pointed out that, “There was no hug. Stop.” As for being gracious to the president, Christie’s response to the criticism was succinct: “I will not apologize for doing my job.” Christie’s political star was in ascendance again in 2013 when he won a decisive re-election victory. He beat his overmatched opponent by 22 percentage points. More important, he won a majority of the votes of two constituencies that Republicans have struggled with nationally, women and Hispanics. [http://www.newsweek.com/chris-christie-all-you-need-know-354901 (Newsweek)] '''Bridgegate''' The political momentum that Christie gained with his re-election victory has since been derailed by the “Bridgegate” scandal. In September 2013, a traffic jam at the entrance to the George Washington Bridge, one of the major crossing points over the Hudson River into New York, snarled traffic in Fort Lee, New Jersey for four days. It later emerged that members of Christie’s staff had ordered the lane closures that caused the jam. They allegedly wanted to punish Fort Lee’s Democratic mayor for failing to endorse Christie for re-election. Federal authorities charged two Christie staffers and another New Jersey official with using state resources for political ends. One of the Christie staffers pled guilty; the other two officials are scheduled to go on trial this fall. Christie denies playing a role in the lane closures; an internal probe he commissioned by an outside law firm cleared him of any wrongdoing. He insists that the media owe him an apology for falsely suggesting that he instigated Bridgegate.[http://www.newsweek.com/chris-christie-all-you-need-know-354901 (Newsweek)] [https://www.chrischristie.com/ Campaign Website]
=Issues=
==Tax Reform==
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==Health Policy==
==Drug Policy==
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==Middle East==
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==Trade==
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==Immigration==
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==Environmental==
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==Jobs and Business Policy==
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==Entrepreneurship and Innovation==
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==Religion==
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==Quotes==
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==Sources Key==
(Newsweek) = [http://www.newsweek.com/chris-christie-all-you-need-know-354901]
(CCWEG) = [https://d70h9a36p82zs.cloudfront.net/Ccpres2016/base/assets/1-0-1/production/Chris-Christie-TheEconomy.pdf]
(CCWER) = [https://d70h9a36p82zs.cloudfront.net/Ccpres2016/base/assets/1-0-1/production/Chris-Christie-EntitlementReform.pdf]
(CCWJR) = [https://d70h9a36p82zs.cloudfront.net/issues/Criminal_Justice_Reform.pdf]
(OTI:Drugs) = [http://www.ontheissues.org/Chris_Christie.htm#Drugs]
(NYT) = [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/us/politics/chris-christie-on-the-issues.html]
(OTI:FP) = [http://www.ontheissues.org/Chris_Christie.htm#Foreign_Policy]
(CCWI) = [https://www.chrischristie.com/issues]
(CNBC) = [http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/28/christie-we-should-invest-in-all-types-of-energy.html]
(OTI:E) ==Entrepreneurship[http://Small Business==“Ensuring That America Is The Home of Innovation”“This will require investing in research and development, focusing education on the needs of employers and increasing access to capitalwww.”*Give Greater Priority To Investments In The Future: In the past few decades, as spending on entitlements and health care as a percent of GDP has soared, investment in R&D has been basically flatontheissues. Yet it is this exact investment in basic R&D, in such areas as biomedical research, materials science, and high performance computing that has laid the vital groundwork for so much innovation in America’s fastest growing industries, such as technology and biotech.**To encourage private sector innovation, the R&D tax credit permanent as part of broader tax reform. In 2009, over 12,000 companies, including over 5,000 manufacturers, used the credit.*Greater Focus On Workforce Skills In Higher Education: In addition to investing in universities themselves through research, the U.S. must do a better job matching the skills students learn with the needs of employers. Pathways between high school, post-secondary education, and the entrylevel job market must be more seamless. Students and parents also need greater transparency on what they’re paying for and greater choice on whether we want to pay for it.*Give Young, Growing Companies Easier Access To Capital: America has for many years had the deepest, most liquid, most transparent capital markets in the world. Yet America is now losing its edge, in part due to the unintended consequences of regulation. Reform which makes it easier for young high growth companies to access the capital markets is essentialorg/Chris_Christie.htm#Environment]
