Since the 2008 Republican primary race began, Rudy Giuliani’s consistent message to the American public has been that his personal experience with 9/11 makes him the best candidate for the highest office in the land.  Seemingly as an afterthought has been his history of cutting taxes 23 times while serving as mayor of New York.  Hs main focus has been on the terrorists’ efforts against the United States, and how he is best suited to keep the nation safe.

However, in recent days, and in light of a looming recession, Giuliani has apparently changed his focus from national security to domestic economics.  Now, in addition to reminding us how he cut taxes in New York, and turned a multi-billion budget deficit into a multi-billion dollar surplus, he’s driving home a message of taking decisive action on our current economic problems.

The former New York mayor is in favor of making the Bush tax cuts permanent and his tax cut plan is the largest in modern American History.  In addition, Rudy has proposed a new form for tax filing and wants to give Americans a choice of either using the old tax forms or using the new “Fair And Simple Tax form”, or F.A.S.T.  The new form only has three rates allowing Americans to save substantially in taxes.

Rudy Giuliani’s tax plan is extensive, touching on all areas of the economy normally encountered by the average American.  He intends on repealing the death tax, cutting the corporate tax rate, cutting the capital gains tax, and indexing the AMT for inflation and eventually he will eliminate it altogether.

One thing’s for sure, America needs a fiscal conservative and Rudy Giuliani is unlike both John McCain, who has voted more than 50 times not to cut taxes, and Mitt Romney who not only failed to cut taxes but actually raised them in many cases.

Florida may be Rudy’s last stand.  For the sake of the economy, let’s hope he pulls off a win finally.