A McCain Statement I Missed

John McCain stated during the South Carolina debate that the first thing that he would do to stimulate the economy is to make the tax cuts permanent. That’s odd, he voted against the tax cuts when they came to the floor of the Senate.

Here is John McCain’s record on Tax Reform:

# We need a simpler, fairer tax code, but not FairTax. (Nov 2007)
# Tax system is fair; wealthy pay bulk of taxes. (Oct 2007)
# Won’t sign no-tax pledge; focus on cutting spending. (Sep 2007)
# Make tax reform commission & vote yes-or-no on outcome. (Aug 2007)
# FactCheck: Families spend $20B on tax prep, not $140B. (Aug 2007)
# Opposed Bush tax cuts, but must extend them now. (May 2007)
# New tax cuts account for contingencies and over-spending. (May 2007)
# Alternative minimum tax is eating Americans alive. (May 2007)
# Bush tax cuts fiscally reckless & favored rich;but keep them. (Apr 2007)
# Tax plan: $238B over 5 years; $500B over 10 years. (Feb 2000)
# Double child tax credit; add family incentives. (Feb 2000)
# �Balanced approach�, and starts a flat tax system. (Feb 2000)
# Reagan Republican: simplify taxes; cut waste. (Feb 2000)
# Big money interests fear closing loopholes. (Jan 2000)
# Remove charitable deduction; it only benefits rich. (Jan 2000)
# Replace employer-provided benefits with a tax cut. (Jan 2000)
# Middle-class tax cut: expand 15% tax bracket. (Jan 2000)
# Don�t promise tax cuts from future surpluses we may not have. (Jan 2000)
# 1st step to simplify taxes: close special interest loopholes. (Dec 1999)
# Supports flat tax; stop complexity by special interests. (Oct 1999)
# Keep lump-sum earned income tax credit. (Oct 1999)
# Cut marriage tax, inheritance tax, & earnings test. (Sep 1999)
# Taxes should be flatter, lower, and simpler. (Apr 1999)

And McCain’s voting record:

# Voted against Bush tax cuts for not reining in spending. (May 2007)
# Voted YES on repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax. (Mar 2007)
# Voted YES on raising estate tax exemption to $5 million. (Mar 2007)
# Voted YES on supporting permanence of estate tax cuts. (Aug 2006)
# Voted YES on permanently repealing the `death tax`. (Jun 2006)
# Voted NO on $47B for military by repealing capital gains tax cut. (Feb 2006)
# Voted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends. (Feb 2006)
# Voted YES on extending the tax cuts on capital gains and dividends. (Nov 2005)
# Voted NO on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years. (May 2003)
# Voted YES on reducing marriage penalty instead of cutting top tax rates. (May 2001)
# Voted NO on increasing tax deductions for college tuition. (May 2001)
# Voted YES on eliminating the ‘marriage penalty’. (Jul 2000)
# Voted YES on phasing out the estate tax (“death tax”). (Jul 2000)
# Voted NO on across-the-board spending cut. (Oct 1999)
# Voted YES on requiring super-majority for raising taxes. (Apr 1998)
# Rated 72% by NTU, indicating “Satisfactory” on tax votes. (Dec 2003)
# Rated 50% by CTJ, indicating a mixed record on progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)
# Implement socially fair, broad-based tax cuts. (Sep 1998)

We can talk about did he or didn’t he support the cuts and why all day long, but the fact is that he voted against them. No matter what he says about them now, he opposed them at the time. I agree with him that the Republican Congress and our Republican President didn’t do anything to curtail spending but even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

The major McCain positions which turn most Republicans off is McCain-Kennedy and McCain-Feingold.

His willingness to co-author bills on domestic policy with two of THE MOST liberal Democrats on the Hill and create “pathways to citizenship” which are nothing less than amnesty for illegal aliens; and pass “Campaign Finance Reform” which silences the individual contributor in favor of the Labor Unions, PACs, and other 527s such as MoveOn.org. Those 527s overwhelmingly support Democrat candidates so McCain threw the entire party under the bus in the name of bipartisanship.

McCain can’t get it through his senile skull that bipartisanship in the logic of Democrats means Republicans compromise to Democrat will. Bipartisanship in Washington is a win for liberals.

So people of Michigan, remember what McCain has done for you. NOTHING. His willingness to allow more and more illegals to take your jobs and turn a blind eye to the crime that they committed in crossing our border illegally should resonate loudly with you.

Bookmark and Share

Close Bookmark and Share This Page

Save to Browser Favorites / Bookmarks

Ask backflip blinklist BlogBookmark Bloglines BlogMarks Blogsvine BuddyMarks BUMPzee! CiteULike co.mments Connotea del.icio.us

Digg diigo DotNetKicks DropJack dzone Facebook Fark Faves Feed Me Links Friendsite folkd.com Furl Google

Hugg Jamespot Jeqq Kaboodle kirtsy linkaGoGo LinkedIn LinksMarker Ma.gnolia Mister Wong Mixx MySpace MyWeb

Netvouz Newsvine oneview OnlyWire PlugIM Propeller Reddit Rojo Segnalo Shoutwire Simpy Slashdot Sphere

Sphinn Spurl Squidoo StumbleUpon Technorati ThisNext Twitter Webride Windows Live Worlds Movies Yahoo!

Email This to a Friend

Copy HTML: 

 If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS Feed.

Powered by Bookmarkify™

More »