Tax Reform
Federal tax policies must encourage, incentivize, and reward risk and achievement—not discourage and penalize them. Lower taxes put more money in consumers’ pockets. That creates demand for goods and services and encourages businesses to create jobs.
We need a tax code that is simpler, fairer, and more efficient. Taxes must be lower across-the-board and special interest loopholes that benefit Wall Street but not Main Street must be closed. And, the IRS must be more accountable to taxpayers instead of targeting groups based on their political ideology.
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GREENFIELD, Ind.—Today, Members of Congress, school leaders and business owners came together in Greenfield, Indiana, to discuss the effects of the President's health care law on schools and businesses.
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, on which Congressman Luke Messer serves, convened the hearing in an effort to learn directly from Hoosiers impacted by the Affordable Care Act.
WASHINGTON—The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) has named Congressman Luke Messer a “Taxpayer Hero.” According to the organization, Rep. Messer earned this distinction because his voting record during the first session of the 113th Congress helped to protect and save taxpayer money.
Congressman Luke Messer encourages his colleagues to support the ABLE Act so families with children with autism, like his nephew Trey, can have the same access to tax preferred savings accounts as the parents of college-bound kids to use for medical care and support.
HR 1406-Working Families Flexibility Act
WASHINGTON--Congressman Luke Messer released the following statement in support of Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp’s draft tax reform legislation unveiled today:
WASHINGTON —Today Congressman Luke Messer signed-on to the Tax Exemptions for American Medalists (TEAM) Act, H.R. 3987, that would exempt U.S. athletes from having to pay taxes on the thousands of dollars they could earn from winning gold, silver and bronze medals at the Sochi Olympics.
Governor Daniels used to say that “you’d be amazed how much government you never miss” when talking about reducing the size of government. Much of government’s excess is created by unelected bureaucrats who wield enormous influence over our everyday lives. The House just passed several bills to stop this bureaucratic abuse and shift the balance of power from the government back to the people where it belongs.
(Washington, D.C.)—Congressman Luke Messer (IN-06), president of the Republican Freshman Class, today sent a letter signed by 35 Republican freshmen urging House Leadership to repeal the medical device tax imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.