CPAC, Day 2: Mitt Romney, Bobby Jindal

posted at 10:41 am on March 15, 2013 by Erika Johnsen

To paraphrase Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell in his speech here this morning, it is not only appropriate but wise to revisit and closely examine last November’s defeat in the interest of learning from past mistakes — but most of the CPAC messages so far have focused on optimism for the future, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry pretty much crushed it with the crowd with his declaration that America can’t possibly have rejected conservatism the past couple of cycles, because we haven’t actually nominated conservatives.

…Enter Mitt Romney. I’m thinking this could get a little on the awkward side, considering that the theme of this whole shindig is “America’s future: The next generation of conservatives” and half of the speakers are up-and-comers just trying to move us the heck on from that electoral disaster, so I’m pretty curious to see how Mitt plays it.

Also today: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who laid out his ambitious plan for tax reform in his state on Thursday, and my Townhall colleague Guy Benson will be emceeing for the early afternoon — good times all around.

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That didn’t take long, did it?

Liam on April 8, 2013 at 7:25 PM

Any alternative plan proposed by a Democrat is simply going to be “raise and create more taxes”, not reform or reduce them.

catmman on April 8, 2013 at 7:27 PM

speaking as the resident Jindalista….Coward

annoyinglittletwerp on April 8, 2013 at 7:28 PM

OT: Drudge Headline: THE 1,500-PAGE IMMIGRATION BILL?
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On Jindal, keep it up Bobby, I’m still with ya. You’re moving the Overton window and that’s all to the good.

Dusty on April 8, 2013 at 7:29 PM

GONE: TAX REFORM AND PERFORM

HERE: TAX COMPROMISE AND DEMISE

Varchild on April 8, 2013 at 7:32 PM

State Rep. Katrina Jackson, D-Monroe, said she and other members of the Black Caucus would propose an alternative plan.

LMAO – taxing whitey to add to Obama’s stash doesn’t qualify as a serious plan.

Daemonocracy on April 8, 2013 at 7:35 PM

People just do not like the idea of swapping income tax for sales tax.

It feels like a con, and you’re going to pay more via sales than income.

budfox on April 8, 2013 at 7:35 PM

And I am disappointed Jindal has backed off so soon, but who knows, maybe he’s asking for what he knew he couldn’t get to force some kind of reform.

Daemonocracy on April 8, 2013 at 7:36 PM

5.88% is less sales tax than Michigan’s 6%

Varchild on April 8, 2013 at 7:37 PM

“Working together” with demorats means one thing to them: Bend over.

Bishop on April 8, 2013 at 7:37 PM

I know plenty of people who would love to swap a sales tax for an income tax.

At least you can control the amount of money you give to the state with a sales tax. Most day to day stuff is exempted (food primarily). With a sales tax you at least have control of where and how much.

With an income tax, it’s involuntarily confiscated and most of it is wasted.

Don’t see what the big deal would be.

catmman on April 8, 2013 at 7:40 PM

Steel Bendy Straw Spine.

portlandon on April 8, 2013 at 7:40 PM

“State Rep. Katrina Jackson, D-Monroe, said she and other members of the Black Caucus would propose an alternative plan.”

I suppose there isn’t a White Caucus in the Louisiana Legislature or I would have seen an expose of the endemic racism of the South.

Drained Brain on April 8, 2013 at 7:43 PM

Jindal backs off of his tax reform plan: “Let’s work together”

lolololololololololol.

Even the crazy fringe conservatives who live in LA are seeing the light. For a while i could have sworn they were for paying their bosses taxes as long as said bosses promised to keep them on the job.

HotAirLib on April 8, 2013 at 8:06 PM

Bobby, Bobby, you must at least start on the “Right” side, then you can move closer to the center. If, as most of you tend to do, start in the middle, you always move left…always!

rgranger on April 8, 2013 at 8:08 PM

Getting rid of the Income Tax would be a boon for Louisiana. His critics were just that critical of any idea as they have none of their own.

Grunt on April 8, 2013 at 8:29 PM

job.

HotAirLib on April 8, 2013 at 8:06 PM

…BLOW

KOOLAID2 on April 8, 2013 at 10:14 PM

…so how is he different?

KOOLAID2 on April 8, 2013 at 10:21 PM

Just for shits’n'giggles, I did an experiment with the taxes where I live.

I used an online tax tool to fill out annual income taxes as if I were a single mom with two kids making $40,000 per year, living in Toronto (Ontario, Canada), and paying $950 per month in rent. I took advantage of every deduction that she could get for her kids. I then assumed that all money left after income tax and rent is spent on taxable goods at our current sales tax rate of 13%. I did not try to take into account items that don’t have sales taxes, like basic groceries.

I then calculated what would happen if there was no income tax and, instead, just a 20% sales tax. Assuming that the mom spends everything after rent on taxable goods (again, not trying to account for non-taxable items like staple foods), she pays a total of… $2000 a year less in total taxes with the sales tax-only approach.

Whenever I argue for eliminating income taxes and moving to a higher sales tax, my left-leaning cow-orkers always freak out and call me a racist, a Nazi, and so on.

Then I show them the math.

Then I ask them why they hate single moms.

Then they stop talking to me.

Lickmuffin on April 8, 2013 at 11:49 PM