Steve Forbes Endorses Rick Perry
EmailTexas Gov. Rick Perry received the endorsement of businessman Steve Forbes Monday morning.
Forbes helped Perry craft the flat tax plan he will debut in South Carolina Tuesday, and Perry noted earlier in the campaign season that he had consulted Forbes on economic policy.
Forbes made his own presidential bids in 1996 and 2000, which focused on the implementation of a flat tax. Perry’s forthcoming plan differs from the initial flat tax plan developed by Forbes and does not use the 17 percent rate once proposed by Forbes.
The announcement of Forbes’ endorsement came at nearly the same time that former N.H. Gov. John H. Sununu appeared with Mitt Romney to formally endorse him.
Forbes openly criticized Romney’s 59-point jobs plan just last week.
“Gov. Romney does not like the flat tax, and his 59-point plan — even Moses only had 10,” Forbes said last week, according to the Boston Herald. “It’s a little much.”
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Wow…what a surprise especially since Forbes wrote his flat tax bill for him. Quid pro quo ???
Posted by: talmag | October 24, 2011, 11:18 am 11:18 am
Of course Forbes would advocate a Republican candidate which endorses some version of the flat tax. Forbes is worth over $400 million and would love to see his taxes go down!
Only those who wish to hurt the middle class need vote for anyone advocating any kind of flat tax.
Posted by: Librarian53 | October 24, 2011, 1:35 pm 1:35 pm
Is it any wonder that Forbes, the spoiled son of the man who made a fortune pandering to the ultra wealthy, would support such a tax plan? You can almost hear the sound as the wealth of the middle class is sucked up by the upper ten percent.
Posted by: Robert | October 25, 2011, 11:58 am 11:58 am