america to get middleclass tax cut, a simplified tax system. keeping things like charity and mortgages and a standard deduction, you make it so people don t have to itemize or have a long tax form. you subject much less of their income to taxes in the first place. that is the radical simplification that americans, no matter what state they re from, thankful. the job of speaker is to help craft framework and then be respectful of the committees that write this bill. it is is clearly on the table. if you want to lower taxes for all americans, if you want to simplify the tax code you to reduce loopholes to lower everybody s tax rates. remember, in exchange for less hoop holes means a higher deduction and lower tax rates. that s the purpose of tax reform. but what i don t try to do as speaker of the house is micromanage the committee and do
division i followed that president around the country as he was doing that barn storming so this is not a right or left issue for me, this is a right or wrong issue for me. and the president is simply wrong to even imply that president obama was for hiking taxes on the rich so they could pay more. what ronald reagan was advocating was getting rid of all of the silly hoop holes and the credits and the special tax breaks that prevented so many from not paying anything taxes at all. ronald reagan said time and again, skin in the game, everyone, skin in the game. big difference. big deal. and former reagan staffer and best selling author mark levin, it is something else, a big lie. what do you make of this? guest: ronald reagan never did and never would raise taxes in the middle of a recession. he slashed personal income taxes. including the top rate. to 28 percent.