Posted on 08/23/2004 2:52:13 PM PDT by RWR8189
| "John Kerry promises not to raise taxes, but the reality is that he has cast 98 votes for tax increases, including voting ten times to raise gas taxes on the middle class. Kerry points to the largest tax increase in American history as the blueprint for his economic plan, which advisor Bob Rubin says Kerry won't reveal until elected. Kerry's credibility problem is only expanding as more and more Americans see the gap between what Kerry says and what Kerry does." - Steve Schmidt, Bush-Cheney '04 Spokesman |
John Kerry's Votes For Higher Taxes
Kerry Voted 98 Times For Tax Increases Totaling More Than $2.3 Trillion.
Kerry Voted At Least 126 Times Against Tax Cuts Totaling More Than $5.3 Trillion.
Kerry Voted Against 2001 And 2003 Bush Tax Cuts.
Kerry Voted Twice For Largest Tax Increase In U.S. History.
Kerry Voted For Higher Taxes On Social Security Benefits At Least Eight Times.
Kerry Voted Against Marriage Penalty Relief At Least 22 Times
Kerry Voted Against Expanding Child Tax Credit At Least 18 Times.
Kerry Voted For Higher Gas Taxes On The Middle Class 10 Times And He Once Supported A 50 Cent A Gallon Gas Tax Increase.
Kerry Sponsored And Voted For Motion To Kill Marriage Penalty Relief For Couples Earning Less Than $50,000 Per Year. "Kerry, D-Mass., motion to table (kill) the Gramm, R-Texas, amendment … The Gramm amendment would allow couples with combined incomes under $50,000 a year to claim an additional $3,300 income tax deduction, thus eliminating the so-called marriage penalty for those in that income bracket." Sen. Gramm's marriage penalty relief would have saved taxpayers $46 billion over 10 years. The amendment also would have allowed self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs on their income taxes. (S. 1415, CQ Vote #154: Rejected 48-50: R 5-49; D 43-1, 6/10/98, Kerry Voted Yea)
In 1995, Kerry Voted For A Resolution That Said Middle Class Tax Cuts Were Not Wise. The sense of the Senate amendment, killed on a motion by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), said, "reducing the deficit should be one of the nation's highest priorities, and that a middle-class tax cut would undermine and be inconsistent with the goal of achieving a balanced budget." (H.J. Res. 1, CQ Vote #67: Motion Agreed To 66-32: R 49-3; D 17-29, 2/14/95, Kerry Voted Nay)
Kerry's Plans For Higher Taxes
Kerry Cited The 1993 Tax Hike On The Middle Class As His Tax Blueprint. KERRY: "Our plan will cut the deficit in half by four years – the same thing that we set out to do in 1993, and I was there and I voted for it, I know how we did it. And we're going to end the tax giveaways that are nothing more than corporate welfare." (Remarks By Sen. Kerry, Carson, CA, 8/12/04)
Bob Rubin Says Kerry Won't Reveal Proposals Until Elected. RICH MILLER: "Kerry has said he would roll back the tax cuts on the wealthy to pay for his spending programs. But if he wants to fix the deficit problem, won't he have to raise other taxes as well?" BOB RUBIN: "I don't think you can make proposals to try to dig out of this hole until you've gotten elected and until you've organized effectively across both parties and both houses. If you start to put out proposals now, they would be vigorously attacked, and they would in effect become tainted so they couldn't be used." (Rich Miller, "Robert Rubin: Embrace Kerry," Business Week Online, 8/2/04)
Americans Think John Kerry Will Raise Their Taxes
According To A Democracy Corps Poll (August 2-5, 2004), 61 Percent Of Likely Voters Think "Will Raise Your Taxes" Describes John Kerry "Well." (Democracy Corps Poll, Conducted August 2-5, 2004, 1013 Likely Voters, Margin of Error +/- 3.1%, www.democracycorps.com)
The "Kerry is a Liberal" card has yet to be played. Perhaps this is the opening gambit. By the time his Senate record is well known, he will be sunk.
Plus-which, anybody who watches him for 30 minutes gets the creepy-crawleys. The guy is unlikeable. Nobody wants to look at that sour puss for four years.
but he got 3 purple hearts
/confused bleeding heart liberals don't know what that means, but he is Anybody But Bush
Isn't this article mistaken? I thought there were 350 tax increases as per earlier ads?? If so, somebody should tell the campaign.
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