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Revision as of 14:54, 13 January 2016
, 14:54, 13 January 2016→Ben Carson
**eliminating deductions: it’s true that mortgage deductions doesn’t tend to increase housing and it mainly helps the wealthy, who use it as a housing subsidy. Most others don’t take advantage of the mortgage deduction and instead take standard deductions. Plus, home prices tend to be higher than they would be without the deductions, which offsets the benefits from the deduction and discourages home ownership.[http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/the-sacrosanct-mortgage-interest-deduction/?_r=0][http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/pat-garofalo/2015/11/11/what-ben-carson-got-right-about-taxes-in-the-4th-republican-debate]
**eliminating double taxation on dividends, etc. would encourage more people to retain most of their income in stocks and pay zero taxes on dividend earnings from stock
**double taxation on capital gains: very controversial topic, some say that lowering it will encourage investment in companies that are more risky but also putting forward progressive technologies; others say that the reduced tax would largely benefit the wealthy[http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-should-capital-gains-be-taxed-1425271052]
=Chris Christie=
