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To: A1 Southern Man
"not a dimes worth of difference"

So Hillary would maintain the tax cuts and continue fighting the Islamofascists?

31 posted on 04/17/2007 2:23:42 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: driftless2
So Hillary would maintain the tax cuts and continue fighting the Islamofascists?

Definitely to the latter because she wouldn't want to lose power.

As far as the former, why would you think a liberal Republican would maintain tax cuts and not raise them? History shows that RINOs like Christie Todd Whitman will raise taxes if it is politically expedient.

RINO Rudy has shown that he is open to tax increases and will oppose tax cuts when politically advantageous as well:

Taxes

---"Over the objections of a furious Mayor Giuliani and city legislators from both parties, the New York state legislature has abolished the New York City commuter tax. The action, done to apparently affect a local legislative race in suburban Rockland County, could cost New York City $360 million. NPR's Margot Adler reports."--- NPR Report

---"Let's face it: Rudy Giuliani argued for the reinstatement of the tax,..."--- NY Sun report

[Giuliani] says ruling out a tax increase is "political pandering." Newsday, August 31, 1989

"When I ran for Mayor both times, I was asked very, very often to do the following:

Pledge that you will never raise taxes. I refused to do that. Pledge that you will lower taxes. I refused to do that." -- Rudy Giuliani, New York Times, October 25, 1994

Mr. Giuliani criticized Mr. Pataki’s proposal to cut taxes as “a shell game” that would hurt everyone in the state… -- New York Times, October 30, 1994

62 posted on 04/17/2007 10:05:35 AM PDT by Ol' Sparky
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