Wonkette

During this weekend of pronouncements designed to combat the perception that he doesn’t really give a shit about winning the race, Fred pointed guns in South Carolina and pointed out that Rudy is pro-gun control and the Mittster used to be pro-life. But, like a good fiscally-conservative Republican, he saved his best pot-shots for the tax code.

Fred thinks that taxes suck, and that Republicans vote for people that think taxes suck (and he’s probably at least partially right about that). Fred’s plan to combat sucky taxes? He wants to make it even more complex for you to figure out a way to pay less of them! No, I’m actually not kidding. He thinks it would be a great idea to keep the fucked-up complicated tax system that currently exists and then make a new one under which people could choose to pay a flat tax of either 10% or 25% (depending on their income) and let people choose which one they’ll use. While it sorta sounds great in theory, it would basically mean that everyone would have to do their taxes twice (or pay an accountant to do their taxes twice) to figure out what they owe.

In addition to that, you know, blah blah blah, extend Bush’s tax cuts, increase the personal exemption level, all those typical Republican tax policy touchstones. But, in the end, he basically wants your accountant to tell you to tell the government how much you think you should pay. I guess we know who’s aiming to get the coveted campaign contributions of the accounting industry.

Thompson tweaks rivals over gun control [Yahoo News]
Deadeye Fred Has A Blast in Gun ‘Paradise’ [NY Post]
Thompson proposes tax choice [Yahoo News]