04.19.2008
Publishing mogul and former GOP presidential candidate Steve Forbes took a swing through Tucson on Friday to campaign for state Senate President Tim Bee's challenge to rookie Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
Bee, a Republican, and Forbes, who won the Arizona Republican primary in 1996 during his failed bid for president, toured Abrams Airborne Manufacturing, 3735 N. Romero Road, near Prince Road and Interstate 10.
They then went to a fundraiser at McMahon's Prime Steak House.
The tour of the Abrams plant was meant to highlight the challenges that federal regulations and taxes can pose to small business.
Gary Abrams, who inherited the family aerospace sheet-metal business when his father, Harold "Bud'' Abrams, died two years ago, has been forced to buy "a lot of insurance" to prepare for the day when his mother dies because he will be hit with a tax equal to a quarter of his business' worth, Abrams said.
"It's the death tax that's a challenge to keeping businesses in family succession," Abrams said.
Abrams' predicament prompted Forbes to restate his opposition to the estate tax.
"You should be allowed to leave this life unmolested by the IRS," Forbes said.
Forbes ran for president in 1996 largely on the idea of a "flat tax," in which everyone pays the same percentage.
Bee would not go so far Friday as to endorse such a tax.
"We need serious reforms of the tax code to lower tax rates
to create more investments," Bee said.
Bee also promised to fight to reduce regulations that are not imposed in nations such as China, one of America's fiercest economic competitors.
Bee is challenging Giffords for the seat representing Arizona's 8th Congressional District, which covers most of southeastern Arizona.
1 comment:
Two things:
1. Steve Forbes! Wow, that's... exciting? Hey everyone! Remember this guy who doesn't blink and lost to Bob Dole? Vote Tim Bee!
2. Blake Morlock? Was Gary Eloi not available?
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