Braley to Dix: Stop Supporting Irresponsible Giveaways to Billionaires and Blatantly Disregarding Deficit
Today Iowa 1st District Democratic Congressional candidate Bruce Braley criticized Republican candidate Bill Dix's blatant disregard for the budget deficit in supporting the permanent extension of an irresponsible Bush administration tax windfall for the wealthy. The plan decreases the tax rate on investment income.
Dix said in a press release on April 3rd that he would "vote to make President Bush's tax cuts permanent."
"Bill claims to be fiscally responsible,' yet he supports permanently extending a tax giveaway that effectively benefits only the wealthy," Braley said. "His support of this policy is tantamount to supporting a $500,000 per year tax windfall for the wealthiest 6,100 Americans. That is irresponsible, considering that we are facing the largest federal budget deficit in our nation's history while in the midst of a war. I think it's time Bill looks at responsible, common-sense tax plans that benefit middle class Iowans instead of billionaires."
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