Bush Attacks His Opponent Over His Record on Taxes

[papau]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/10/politics/campaign/10bush.html

Bush Attacks His Opponent Over His Record on Taxes
By ELISABETH BUMILLER

OLMAR, Pa., Sept. 9 - President Bush began a new attack on Senator John Kerry's economic record on Thursday, terming the senator a wastrel who would raise taxes on ordinary Americans and significantly increase government spending.

"If you drive a car, Senator Kerry has voted for higher taxes on you,'' Mr. Bush told an invited Republican crowd in the Philadelphia suburb of Colmar. "If you have a job, he's voted for higher taxes on you. If you're married, or have children, he's voted for higher taxes on you.''

On a day when disputes over Mr. Bush's three-decades' old service in the National Guard were again dominating the presidential race, Mr. Bush went on the offensive over the bread-and-butter issues that Mr. Kerry has sought to make a new focus of his campaign.

Vice President Dick Cheney echoed the campaign's economic assault on Mr. Kerry. At what the Bush campaign billed as a town-hall meeting in a large convention center in Cincinnati, Mr. Cheney said Mr. Kerry and his running mate, Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, were "much more oriented towards enacting a lot of new taxes.''<snip>

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[Zuni]

1. Kerry should point out that the Bush tax cut destroys Social Security

and raises the defecit/debt.

The Bush taxes transfer our money to the wealthy, because Bush is taking from social security to finance them.
I think Mr. Kerry should point this out.

[bigtree]

2. George W. Bush: False Attacks to Cover up Wrong Choices on Taxes, Economy

George W. Bush: False Attacks to Cover up Wrong Choices on Taxes, Economy


9/9/2004 4:14:00 PM

Contact: Chad Clanton or Phil Singer, both of Kerry-Edwards 2004, 202-464-2800; Web: http://www.johnkerry.com

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by Kerry-Edwards 2004:

Kerry spokesman Phil Singer: "George Bush's false attacks are just another desperate attempt to cover up his wrong choices that have taken the country in the wrong direction. Bush's failed leadership has shifted the tax burden to the middle class and under his plans, working families will face higher taxes as he works to impose a 60 percent retail sales tax. His wrong choices have turned record surpluses into record deficits and his wrong plans will create new and deeper deficits as far as the eye can see. John Kerry and John Edwards have a plan to cut taxes for 98 percent of all Americans, 99 percent of all businesses, and help families deal with the skyrocketing costs of health care."

--ON TAXES AND THE ECONOMY, BUSH IS JUST WRONG- BUSH WOULD IMPOSE A 60 PERCENT NATIONAL SALES TAX.

more: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=35954


--BUSH HAS SHIFTED TAX BURDEN TO THE MIDDLE CLASS.

more: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=35954


--BUSH TURNED RECORD SURPLUSES INTO RECORD DEFICITS, PLANS WILL COST $6 TRILLION.

more: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=35954


--KERRY PAYS FOR ALL OF HIS PROPOSALS, CUTS THE DEFICIT IN HALF.

more: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=35954


--BUSH'S ATTACKS ON KERRY'S RECORD ARE JUST WRONG.

more: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=35954


--IN HIS ATTACKS, BUSH CONSIDERS HIMSELF AND CHENEY SMALL BUSINESSMEN.

more: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=35954


--BUSH PLAN RAISES HEALTH CARE COSTS AND DROPS COVERAGE.

more: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=35954

[WI_DEM]

3. counter attack: Bush promotes biggest tax hike in history

by suggesting that he may look into a national Sales tax. Bush signed the biggest increase in medicare premiums--17.5% just last week.

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[papau]

5. I had to do some body maintenance - by the time I was back I got into

"edit" but by the time I edited, it was too late to edit.

I'm not having a great day :-(

But lunch time is now!

:-)