PHOENIX – Former Congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Salmon recently appeared on "Breaking Battlegrounds" (KKNT 960 AM).

Salmon spoke with Chuck Warren about how the Biden administration's reckless spending has caused a historic inflation crisis and how eliminating Arizona's income tax will give hardworking families much-needed breathing room. They also discussed the conservative leadership of Governor Ron DeSantis in Florida.

You can read relevant excerpts from the interview below:

Matt Salmon On Addressing Historic Inflation:

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"When we were [in Congress] ... during the '90s, we were apoplectic about the spending. Nobody's even talking about it anymore. It's disgusting. And, when you look at the hyperinflation that we're facing right now, it's all traceable back to what's going on with the spending in Washington, D.C., and the printing of more money by the Federal Reserve. So it's easy to understand why it's happening, but I don't think Washington's ever going to change – and that's why I decided to run for governor."

Matt Salmon On Eliminating Arizona's Income Tax:

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"I want to get rid of the income tax in this state. I've never been a fan ... Do we really want less work, investment, entrepreneurialism? I don't think so. And I think that, if we got rid of our income tax in Arizona, we would be beating off the right kind of business with a stick ... It also mitigates some of the costs of inflation with people [when] they don't have to pay an income tax."

Matt Salmon On The Leadership Of Ron DeSantis:

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"I like the fact that [Ron DeSantis is] pushing back against some of the woke garbage that is so easily adopted – not just by the liberals but by the business community, like how he handled Disney ... I love how he plays hardball. He did the same thing with the cruise industry when they started wanting to do the vaccine passports ... He and I actually introduced an amendment to the Constitution together, which was very straightforward. It just said: Congress has to live under the same laws that it passes onto everybody else."