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We need to lower marginal tax rates and increase investment.

Looking at the high cost of occupation in Iraq and the needs we have in this country, would it not have been better to have smaller tax cuts in order to keep down the deficits.

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

My position has been consistent that middle class families should not pay more taxes. That hasn't changed.

There certainly is a case to be made that taxes should be more progressive.

So we want to change the tax system. We want it to be fair, and we want to see some tax relief because people do three things when they get a little extra money in their pocket: They save it or they spend it or they invest it.

I think we can have some tax reform, but that doesn't mean tax increases. We ought to make the, the rates flatter. We ought to get rid of a bunch of those loopholes.

What we need is fundamental tax reform.

I would be open to a proposal that would have some minimum tax level for everyone.