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APPublisher Steve Forbes Endorses Giuliani
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Mar 28, 4:27 PM (ET)
NEW YORK (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani gained the endorsement Wednesday of a former GOP candidate - billionaire publisher and flat-tax proponent Steve Forbes.
Forbes ran for the White House in 1996 and 2000 as a Republican pushing a flat income tax rate.
The CEO of Forbes Inc., said Wednesday that Giuliani's record as mayor of New York City "showed how exercising fiscal discipline, including tax cuts, lowers deficits, spurs economic growth, and increases revenue."
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, right, the Republican presidential front-runner, listens to Steve Forbes at a news conference Wednesday, March 28, 2007 in New York. Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes, Inc., announced his endorsement of Giuliani’s presidential bid. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Giuliani, a front-runner among Republicans seeking the White House in 2008, said he and Forbes share "an economic vision that embraces supply-side economics, tax relief, and spending restraint."
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