Carson: I got tax idea from Bible

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“I like the idea of a proportional tax — that way you pay according to your ability,” said retired pediatric neurosurgeon and Republican candidate for president Dr. Ben Carson. “I got that idea quite frankly from the Bible.”

“You make $10 billion a year, you pay a billion; you make $10 year, you pay one. That’s pretty damn fair if you ask me,” he said to Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.”

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