House Dems ‘Won’t Quit’ Demanding Higher Taxes that Destroy Jobs
FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Jason Altmire (PA-04), Sanford Bishop (GA-02), Tim Bishop (NY-01), Leonard Boswell (IA-03), Bruce Braley (IA-01), Dennis Cardoza (CA-18), Lois Capps (CA-23), Russ Carnahan (MO-03), Kathy Castor (FL-11), Ben Chandler (KY-06), David Cicilline (RI-01), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Jim Cooper (TN-05), Jim Costa (CA-20), Jerry Costello (IL-12), Mark Critz (PA-12), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), Brian Higgins (NY-27), Jim Himes (CT-04), Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15), Kathy Hochul (NY-26), Tim Holden (PA-17), Rush Holt (NJ-12), Steve Israel (NY-02), Bill Keating (MA-10), Ron Kind (WI-03), Larry Kissell (NC-08), Rick Larsen (WA-02), David Loebsack (IA-02), Jim Matheson (UT-02), Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04), Mike McIntyre (NC-07), Jerry McNerney (CA-11), Michael Michaud (ME-02), Brad Miller (NC-13), Bill Owens (NY-23), Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Gary Peters (MI-09), Collin Peterson (MN-07), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), David Price (NC-04), Nick Rahall (WV-03), Loretta Sanchez (CA-47), Kurt Schrader (OR-05), Heath Shuler (NC-11), Adam Smith (WA-09), Betty Sutton (OH-13), John Tierney (MA-06), Niki Tsongas (MA-05), Pete Visclosky (IN-01), Tim Walz (MN-01), John Yarmuth (KY-03)
North Carolina Democrat & Party Leaders Among the Few Insisting on Tax Hikes During a Bad Economy
Washington — Instead of joining continuing efforts to have the government live within its means, Heath Shuler and his fellow House Democrats are among the stubborn few still demanding higher taxes that would not only allow them to continue spending recklessly, but also would destroy jobs in North Carolina. Shuler is making it increasingly clear that he is not serious about real fiscal reform that is greatly needed to avoid the fiscal and economic disaster that his unchecked spending spree will result in.
“The one consistent demand from Heath Shuler and his Democrat colleagues has been more job-destroying taxes so he could avoid making real cuts to the spending spree he has championed,” said NRCC Communications Director Paul Lindsay. “Shuler continues to demonstrate that he will defend his Democrat spending binge at any cost, even if that means making a bad economy worse with higher taxes on middle-class families in North Carolina.”
House Democrats have continued to make it clear that they will not support a plan that fails to include tax increases, even though they would do considerable damage to a struggling economy:
“Larson was quick to note that the tax-revenue hikes supported by Democrats wouldn’t kick in for a few years… ‘But they’re going to have to be included in any kind of balanced plan,’ he said. A cuts-only strategy, Larson added, ‘is just untenable.'”
(Mike Lillis, “Larson: Debt plan must include revenues,” The Hill, 7/25/11)Heath Shuler and his fellow House Democrats are among the strongest remaining advocates for higher taxes in order to avoid cutting back their reckless spending spree. Unfortunately, if Shuler gets his way, middle-class families in North Carolina would have to watch a bad economy become even worse.
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