Which candidate's tax plan is the most convincing and realistic? (vote, Congress)

[snowmountains]

Which tax proposal is the most convincing, in the sense that, (1) the candidate means what he/she says, (2) the proposal is most realistic--most likely to be adopted if that candidate wins election?

This is not about which is better or worse

I think when we compare the different tax plans and try to figure out how they will affect ourselves, we must take this into account.

[bale002]

The most realistic and convincing tax plan is the one that actually comes out of Turbo Tax or similar software.

The most realistic and convincing tax plan is the hodgepodge of actual tax code, a largely disjointed cut-and-paste job written over decades by mostly tax lawyers representing various special interests.

Every four years the politicians of the day promise this and that, and we get more of the same.

Okay, then, I'll play: Mrs. Clinton's proposes tinkering a bit here and there around the very margins of the tax code, making it more complicated, requiring more hiring of CPAs and tax software engineers.

Now that is realistic and convincing.

[jambo101]

I'd imagine any successful candidates tax plan would have to pass through congress to be approved, current congress has a tendency to vote no on everything.
To date the only politician i trust is Bernie Sanders and while the result of his success would result in higher taxes i think Americas taxes are low enough that a mild rise wont be the end of the world.

[LIS123]

Originally Posted by snowmountains

Which tax proposal is the most convincing, in the sense that, (1) the candidate means what he/she says, (2) the proposal is most realistic--most likely to be adopted if that candidate wins election?

This is not about which is better or worse

I think when we compare the different tax plans and try to figure out how they will affect ourselves, we must take this into account.

Depends on the whether or not the Congress is aligned with the President, as all tax and appropriations bills originate in the house.

Clinton's plan is the least ambitious (in the sense that it has the least drastic changes to the tax code), so it would be the most likely to be approved in Congress (though I neither support it nor see a GOP led House introducing/supporting it). Many (D) would oppose it as the tax increases on the wealthy are not big enough.