Rand Paul lights tax code on fire to commemorate Michigan campaign stop

Sen. Rand Paul raked in $7 million for his presidential run during the last fundraising quarter, his campaign reported on Friday.

The photo posted to Paul’s account shows the 2016 candidate wearing jeans and a T-shirt while standing in front of a wheelbarrow of burning papers.

Included in that number are receipts from Paul’s joint fundraising committee, and his campaign is able to point to a decently large number of contributors (108,205) with an average donation of $65.

The photo had 1,530 likes after being up for just a couple hours.

Sen. Rand Paul hates the tax code so much that he literally burns it. He has also said that he would want to take almost every tax break off the books.

The current top rate for small businesses and families is near 40 percent, and 35 percent for corporations.

Ben Carson – who actually is a Detroit Republican – has also proposed a flat tax plan for Americans at “a rate between 10 and 15 percent”. Bush, who officially announced his candidacy about two weeks before the fundraising quarter closed, now leads the Republican field in those hauls, gathering about $11 million. Ted Cruz, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.