Citizens for Tax Justice has published its latest Tax Justice Digest (8/17/07), with a report on Presidential Candidates on Taxes:

Given that the 2008 presidential race started two years before the election, one can be forgiven for failing to keep up on all the candidates’ views on tax fairness. We have already been subjected to a dozen debates, a bewildering number of candidates and a variety of tax proposals. If you have not attentively followed the race so far, don’t worry, because we’ve done the work for you. Here is a quick review of the ideas the 2008 presidential candidates have put forward so far.

Bad Ideas

• Make Permanent the Bush Tax Cuts
• Repeal the Estate Tax
• National Sales Tax
• Flat Tax
• Increase Revenues by Cutting Taxes
• Tax Breaks for Health Care
• Eliminate the IRS

Better Ideas

• Repeal Bush Tax Cuts to Fund Other Priorities
• Stop Taxing Work More Than Wealth
• Close the Loophole for Carried Interest
• Taxing Carbon Emissions