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cure much of the deficit problem, he said.
Mr. Allen favors a line-item veto to combat pork-barrel votes, as exists in Virginia.
None of the three conservatives would increase taxes, least of all Mr. Torrice, whose massive tax credits are designed as a “trickle-up” tax break for the workingman.
Neither would Ms. Slaughter, who says “what we need to do is look at some relief for the middle class,” and wants to cut payroll taxes. She would put an end to the Bush Administration’s method of calculating the deficit by counting Social Security proceeds.
Mr. Allen would slash government bureaucracy, not raise taxes. “Of all times to not increase taxes, this is it,” he said.
Also no friend of tax increases, Mr. Slaughter III said, “We saw last year how the Democrats cooked up the biggest spending program in history. In Washington today, if you increase taxes it doesn’t go toward the deficit,” but simply increases spending.
“Tax increases are recessionary, and as this part of the country is just recovering, a tax increase would be a disaster,” he said.
On the foreign policy front, Mr. Torrice’s massive tax credits would play an important role. He would close many of our overseas military bases, and then hire the veterans
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