Let them eat cake! (at tax payers expense)
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sKerry on taxes:
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KERRY IS “A FISCAL HAWK”?

Edwards Claims Kerry Is Fiscally Conservative. SEN. JOHN EDWARDS: “Any kind of objective analysis says this guy's [Sen. John Kerry] a fiscal hawk. He just is. He has been the whole time he's been in the Senate. But we need to make sure voters in the South know that.” (ABC's “This Week,” 8/1/04)

Kerry Voted 98 Times For Tax Increases Totaling More Than $2.3 Trillion. (Republican National Committee Website, “Sen. John Kerry: Votes For Higher Taxes,” http://commrnc.grassroots.com/resources/KerryVotesForHigherTaxes.pdf, Accessed 8/1/04)

Kerry Voted At Least 126 Times Against Tax Cuts Totaling More Than $5.3Trillion. (Republican National Committee Website, “Sen. John Kerry: Votes For Higher Taxes,” http://commrnc.grassroots.com/resources/KerryVotesForHigherTaxes.pdf, Accessed 8/1/04)

Kerry Has Voted 73 Times To Reduce The Size Of A Tax Cut. (Republican National Committee Website, “Sen. John Kerry: Votes For Higher Taxes,” http://commrnc.grassroots.com/resources/KerryVotesForHigherTaxes.pdf, Accessed 8/1/04)

Kerry Voted 67 Times For Smaller Tax Cuts (Democrat Alternatives). (Republican National Committee Website, “Sen. John Kerry: Votes For Higher Taxes,” http://commrnc.grassroots.com/resources/KerryVotesForHigherTaxes.pdf, Accessed 8/1/04)

Kerry Voted 11 Times Against Repealing Tax Hikes. (Republican National Committee Website, “Sen. John Kerry: Votes For Higher Taxes,” http://commrnc.grassroots.com/resources/KerryVotesForHigherTaxes.pdf, Accessed 8/1/04)

Sen. Kerry Voted For Higher Taxes On Social Security Benefits Eight Times:

ü Twice For Clinton's Tax Hike On Social Security Benefits.(H.R. 2264, CQ Vote #190: Passed 50-49: R 0-43; D 49-6, With Vice President Al Gore Casting The Tie-Breaking Vote, 6/25/93, Kerry Voted Yea; H.R. 2264, CQ Vote #247: Adopted 51-50: R 0-44; D 50-6, With Vice President Al Gore Casting The Tie-Breaking Vote, 8/6/93, Kerry Voted Yea)

ü Three Times To Keep Hike In Clinton Plan.(S. Con. Res. 18, CQ Vote #57: Motion Agreed To 52-47: R 0-43; D 52-4, 3/24/93, Kerry Voted Yea; S. Con. Res. 18, CQ Vote #59: Motion Agreed To 55-44: R 0-43; D 55-1, 3/24/93, Kerry Voted Yea; S. 1134, CQ Vote #169: Motion Agreed To 51-46: R 1-41; D 50-5, 6/24/93, Kerry Voted Yea)

ü Three Times Against Repealing 1993 Increase.(S. Con. Res. 57, CQ Vote #142: Adopted 50-48: R 49-4; D 1-44, 5/22/96, Kerry Voted Nay; H.R. 8, CQ Vote #188: Adopted 58-41: R 54-1; D 4-40, 7/13/00, Kerry Voted Nay; S. Con. Res. 23, CQ Vote #94: Rejected 48-51: R 48-3; D 0-47; I 0-1, 3/25/03, Kerry Voted Nay)

ü Increased Taxes On Seniors Making As Little As $34,000 Per Year. “The 1993 budget deal - which passed by one vote, with Kerry's support … raised taxes on millions of middle-income retirees, by subjecting more of their Social Security benefits to taxation. The hike amounted to at least several hundred dollars a year for elderly couples with incomes starting at $44,000 a year, or individuals making at least $34,000 a year.” (“The Debate: Sorting Out Fact From Fiction,” The Boston Globe, 4/10/96)

And Sen. Kerry Voted Against Balanced Budget Amendment At Least Five Times.(S. J. Res. 1, Roll Call Vote #24: Rejected 66-34: R 55-0; D 11-34, 3/4/97, Kerry Voted Nay; H.J. Res. 1, Roll Call Vote #158: Rejected 64-35: R 52-1; D 12-34, 6/6/96, Kerry Voted Nay; H.J. Res. 1, Roll Call Vote #98: Rejected 65-35: R 51-2; D 14-33, 3/2/95, Kerry Voted Nay; S. J. Res. 41, Roll Call Vote #48: Rejected 63-37: R 41-3; D 22-34, 3/1/94, Kerry Voted Nay; S. J. Res. 225, Roll Call Vote #45: Rejected 66-34: R 43-10; D 23-24, 3/25/86, Kerry Voted Nay)