Rudy Giuliani on Economy

Giuliani has been an advocate of lower taxes, fiscal discipline and smaller government. He supports "adjusting" the ATM, eliminating the estate tax and making the Bush tax cuts permanent.

Directly from the candidate:

Cutting Taxes

Rudy is the real fiscal conservative in the race. He cut taxes 23 times in New York and turned a $2.3 billion budget deficit into a multi-billion dollar surplus, while balancing the city’s budget. Because he turned his conservative principles into action, New York City taxpayers saved more than $9 billion in taxes and enjoyed their lowest tax burden in decades, while the economy grew and city government saw its revenues increase from the lower tax rates. Rudy Giuliani believes in supply-side economics, because he did it and he saw it work.

Despite his fiscally conservative rhetoric, in 2001 Giuliani wanted New York city taxpayer’s to foot half of the $1.6 billion new stadium for the Yankees and Mets, generating widespread criticism.

Giuliani on reducing spending and taxes: