Fighting Washington: Tax Day

June 25, 2012

Candidates,

Just wanted to remind you that tomorrow, April 17th is tax day – a great opportunity to push your anti-Washington, pro-growth message.

There is no better time to highlight how Americans are overtaxed because of Washington spending addiction. You may want to consider participating in a local tax day event and doing an earned media event. Democrats and the President want to continue to tax Americans more to fund their ever increasing addiction to spending. Make sure voters know that you want to cut spending and keep taxes low.

EARNED MEDIA IDEAS:

• Give out free coffee and/or shake hands at a local post office, talk to voters about their concerns over out-of-control spending. Invite local reporters to attend. Make sure to send out photos of the event through social networking.
• Book local radio and TV interviews to talk about how we need to cut spending in Washington.
• Submit an op-ed on how you would reform the tax code and highlight your opponent’s history of raising taxes.
• Host a small business roundtable to discuss how Washington’s tax hikes and burdensome regulations are hampering job creation.
• Hold a tele-town hall with voters to discuss their frustrations with Washington’s record high debt and spending sprees.
• Have volunteers pass out your palm card at local post offices with an anti-tax, anti-spending message.
• Send out a robo call about how your opponent wants to raise taxes and you want to reduce them. Add reporters, bloggers and decision-makers to the call list to get press coverage.

TAX DAY FACTS:

“OBAMA’S TAX AND SPENDING POLICIES WILL YIELD $6.4 TRILLION OVER THE NEXT DECADE”: “The Congressional Budget Office said Friday that President Barack Obama’s tax and spending policies will yield $6.4 trillion in deficits over the next decade, more than double the shortfall in CBO’s own fiscal baseline — even after taking credit for reduced war costs.” (David Rogers, “CBO: Exploding Debt Under Obama Policies,” Politico, 3/16/2012)

“EVEN IF OBAMA WERE TO GET HIS WAY ON ALL FRONTS,” DEBT WOULD “NEARLY DOUBLE AGAIN” TO $18.8 TRILLION IN 2022: “That said, the picture is grim, and even if Obama were to get his way on all fronts, the federal debt held by the public would nearly double again from $10.1 trillion at the end of 2011 to $18.8 trillion at the end of 2022.” (David Rogers, “CBO: Exploding Debt Under Obama Policies,”Politico, 3/16/2012)

$4.989 TRILLION INCREASE IN THE NATIONAL DEBT SINCE OBAMA TOOK OFFICE: (“The Daily History of the Debt Results,” TreasuryDirect.Gov, Accessed 3/19/2012)

$831 BILLION ON FAILED STIMULUS: (“CBO’s Estimates of ARRA’s Economic Impact,” Congressional Budget Office, 2/22/2012)

$1.76 TRILLION FOR OBAMACARE OVER THE NEXT DECADE: (Philip Klein, “CBO: ObamaCare to Cost $1.76 Trillion Over 10 Years,”The Washington Examiner, 3/13/2012)

$535 MILLION LOST ON NOW-BANKRUPT SOLYNDRA: (Jim Snyder and Brian Wingfield, “Solyndra $535 Million Loan Guarantee Mostly Lost to Taxpayers, Chu Tells Lawmakers,” Bloomberg, 11/17/2011)

$3 BILLION LIKELY LOST BY OBAMA’S DOE ON “HIGH-RISK” GREEN PROGRAMS: (“Report: Energy Loans Could Cost $3B,” Associated Press, 2/10/2012)

$3.9 BILLION FOR CRONY CAPITALISM, LOANS TO “21 COMPANIES WITH CONNECTIONS TO FIVE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION STAFFERS AND ADVISERS”: (Carol Leonnig and Joe Stephens, “Venture Capitalists Play Key Role in Obama’s Energy Department,” The Washington Post, 2/14/2012)

$823,000 SPENT ON MIND-READERS, CLOWNS, AND A CONFERENCE AT A LUXURY RESORT: (Byron Tau, “Taxpayer-Funded Clown, Mindreader Brings Down GSA Chief,” Politico, 4/2/2012)

$300,000 SPENT BY GSA FOR A SINGLE EMPLOYEE’S RELOCATION EXPENSES: (Dana Bash, “Employee Says GSA Spent ‘Millions’ on Relocation,” CNN, 4/12/2012)