What the Ted Cruz-Marco Rubio tax war is all about

Begun the tax wars have!

Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio disagree over taxes.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Brian C. Frank, AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio have been battling hard over immigration, each hoping to become the clear Republican presidential favorite once GOP voters awake from their Trumpian fever dream. Now a new front is emerging between the two candidates: Begun the tax wars have!

Of course to Democrats, the idea of Republicans fighting over taxes may seem ridiculous. What's there to fight about, really? Aren't all their tax plans pretty much the same? Cut taxes massively for the rich and hand-wave away budget concerns with tired promises about superfast economic growth?

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James Pethokoukis

James Pethokoukis is the DeWitt Wallace Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute where he runs the AEIdeas blog. He has also written for The New York Times, National Review, Commentary, The Weekly Standard, and other places.