{"id":8748,"date":"2011-10-26T10:01:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T14:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=8748"},"modified":"2011-10-26T10:11:40","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T14:11:40","slug":"flat-tax-becoming-a%e2%80%a8-big-issue-in-gop-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/10\/26\/flat-tax-becoming-a%e2%80%a8-big-issue-in-gop-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Flat tax becoming a\u2028 big issue in GOP race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>((Excerpt))<\/p>\n<p>The idea of a flat tax \u2014 a perennial favorite of some conservatives \u2014 is  once again getting attention, with three Republican presidential  contenders offering hybrid versions of a simplified tax system. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn general a flat tax, if it could be implemented in its ideal form,  has the possibility of being more efficient, or leading to more economic  efficiency for the economy,\u201d said Tom Traynor, professor of economics  at Wright State University.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a title=\"Flat tax becoming a big issue in GOP race\" href=\"http:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/news\/election\/flat-tax-becoming-a-big-issue-in-gop-race-1274651.html\">DaytonDailyNews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>((Excerpt)) The idea of a flat tax \u2014 a perennial favorite of some conservatives \u2014 is once again getting attention, with three Republican presidential contenders offering hybrid versions of a simplified tax system. &#8230; \u201cIn general a flat tax, if &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/10\/26\/flat-tax-becoming-a%e2%80%a8-big-issue-in-gop-race\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[714,730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-the-media","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8748"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8754,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8748\/revisions\/8754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}