Taxes are on the very tip of the lips of one GOP presidential candidate.

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, saying that he will simplify the tax code and cut rates if he wins his bid for the White House in 2016.

Bush blames what he calls an "anemic economy" on President Barack Obama, and promises that he will stop companies from moving out of the United States by reducing the number of individual tax brackets and corporate tax rates.

For individuals he proposes three tax brackets as opposed to the current seven.  The new brackets would be:

  • 28-percent
  • 25-percent
  • 10-percent

For corporations he proposes bringing the tax rate down from 35-percent, where it is now, to 20-percent.

If his proposals are to succeed, one additional set of figures that Bush will need to improve on are his polling numbers.  The candidate is, as of this posting, running third behind front runner and billionaire Donald Trump and second behind surgeon Ben Carson.

 

In July Bush released his own tax returns.  Here is a video report from the Wall Street Journal:

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