FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 10, 2010
CONTACT: JAMES SLEPIAN
James@Renacciforcongress.com
READY, FIRE, AIM: UNION BOSSES MISFIRE WITH BOGUS TAX HIKE CLAIM
After Lining Serial Tax-Raiser John Boccieri’s Pockets, AFSCME Launches False Attack on Committed Tax Cutter Jim Renacci
Canton, OH—Yesterday, union bosses at AFSCME, who have already donated $20,000 to John Boccieri’s congressional campaign committee, launched a grossly inaccurate ad campaign designed to smear Jim Renacci and distract voters from John Boccieri’s dismal record on taxes, spending and the economy. Although the ad falsely asserts that Jim Renacci supports adding a “23% national sales tax” to the tax code, the fact is that Jim Renacci has never raised taxes and has not only called for further tax cuts but has also pledged to oppose any net tax increase on the American people. In the past year alone, while the unemployment rate has doubled on his watch, John Boccieri has voted for over $1.4 trillion in higher taxes and has promised to support additional hikes in the future.
“Evidently, the first casualty in John Boccieri’s failing re-election campaign is the truth. Boccieri and his allies are desperately lying about Jim Renacci’s record on taxes because Jim is telling the truth about the double-digit unemployment, crippling deficit spending and trillions in higher taxes that have defined John Boccieri’s record in Washington,” Renacci spokesman James Slepian said.
In the ad, AFSCME cites Jim Renacci’s comments on the “Fair Tax” concept, a proposed consumption tax that would replace the federal income tax, as their basis for the claim. Although Jim Renacci, a C.P.A., has said that a consumption tax in lieu of an income tax could potentially simplify and reduce fraud in our tax code, he has also consistently voiced serious concerns over the implementation process of a consumption tax and said that he would only consider supporting it if those issues were resolved and it stood as a replacement rather than a supplement to the income tax. Jim Renacci has a clear record of opposing any net tax increase on the American people.
“Even though the unemployment rate has doubled since he was elected, John Boccieri has kept his hand fixed in taxpayers’ pockets, voting for more than $1.4 trillion in higher taxes in the past 12 months alone—including an $850 billion Cap & Trade tax and $500 billion in new ObamaCare taxes. In stark contrast, Jim Renacci, who has created over 1,500 jobs and balanced Wadsworth’s $80 million budget, has never raised taxes and has pledged his commitment to oppose any tax increases when he goes to Washington. If the union bosses at AFSCME are so concerned about tax increases, they should focus their ire on John Boccieri whose tax and spend policies are eviscerating jobs and crushing middle-class families,” Slepian added.