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==Rick Santorum==
*Tax reform[https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/santorum/pages/391/attachments/original/1444661116/Santorum_Economic_Freedom_Agenda.pdf?1444661116]
**repeal the tax code
**20% flat tax on individuals, with no marriage penalty, death tax, alternative minimum tax, eliminate tax increases by Obamacare
**eliminate individual tax deductions except those to charities or the home mortgage interest reduction
**flat 20% tax on business
**deductible capital investments
**elimination of deductibility of interest expenses
**eliminate all other corporate deductions
**no Value Added Tax
**eliminate the IRS
**claims: increase GDP by 10.2% over the next 10 years, leading to economic growth by 3.3% per year, increase capital investment by 29%, increase wages by 7.3%, create 3.135 million jobs
*Workers:
**negotiate new Free Trade Agreements
**audit the Federal Reserve
**increase minimum wage by $0.50 per year for the next three years
*Regulations
**pass a Balanced Budget Amendment
**phase out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
**eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood
**end funding for UN programs like the UN Population Fund and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
**cut corporate welfare from the federal budget
**cut funding for the Department of Commerce, Energy, Education, Housing, Health and Human Services
**eliminate federal funding of education programs like Common Core, Race to the Top, and No Child Left Behind
*Privatize CBS
**reduce funding to the NLRB
*Energy
**approve Keystone Pipeline
**open market access to all domestic fuel production
**allow states to set regulations for fracking and oil exploration location
**Repeal Obamacare, Dodd-Frank, Sarbanes-Oxley, Obama administration policies with an economic burden greater than $100 million (including EPA rules on air standards and CO2 emissions)
==Donald Trump==
