Scott Tipton

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Scott Tipton (1956-) is an incoming Republican member of the House of Representatives, representing the 4th Congressional District of Colorado, having defeated John Salazar after losing to him in 2006. Tipton's platform had not changed appreciably between the two elections, besides linking Salazar to an unpopular Democratic leadership, and appealing to the Tea Party movement. ^[1] He was endorsed by Sarah Palin

He is a fiscal conservative with a platform based around the "three tens":

• Reduce discretionary spending, except on the military, by 10 percent,
• Reduce capital gains to 10 percent
• Reduce corporate tax rates to a flat 10 percent

Earlier in the campaign, he filled out more conservative positions in a Tea Party movement questionnaire.

checked boxes in candidate questionnaires from Tea Party-affiliated groups that said he would do away with the Department of Education. He also checked a box that said he was opposed to the 17th Amendment that gives voters the right to choose their senators. He said in an early e-mail to supporters that he would cut government spending in half. He was quoted as saying he would phase out Social Security and Medicare and dismantle the Department of Energy.

Tipton said the Medicare, Social Security and Energy Department comments were inaccurate statements made by a conservative blogger. But Tipton also told two newspapers in 2006 that he would support privatizing Social Security. Tipton said the 17th Amendment check was a mistake. And he is saying now that he would cut government spending 10 percent rather than in half.^[2]

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