U.S. Representative Robert C. “Bobby” Scott’s (D-Newport
News) yearly Labor Day picnic was attended by U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine
on Monday as part of Tim Kaine’s efforts to reach out to Virginia’s voters.
Kaine told attendees of the picnic that in order to address the
country’s budget deficits and tremendous debt, a balanced approach is the best
policy solution to follow.
Kaine opined, “we’ve also got to find some revenues. We
don’t need to be giving tax breaks to Exxon-Mobile, or continuing the Bush tax
cuts for the wealthiest.”[1]
As part of Kaine’s budget cutting plan, the George W. Bush
tax cuts for individuals making over $500,000 a year would be allowed to
expire.
Kaine went on to explain that the policy solutions advocated
by Republicans in the U.S. Congress would slash funds for education,
infrastructure, and college financial aid programs while reducing taxes for the
highest income earners.
Kaine has the credentials to back up his deficit cutting
talk. As Virginia’s governor, Kaine left the Governor’s Mansion with a smaller
General Fund budget than when he started. It’s an achievement that Kaine’s
rival for the U.S. Senate, George Allen, can only dreamily discuss with
Virginia’s voters.
The Allen campaign responded by
stating, “Virginians can’t afford Tim Kaine’s record of proposing tax increases
on people making as little as $17,000 a year while Virginia lost 100,000 jobs.”[2] If
the Allen campaign would be so kind as to send me a reference for this claim,
I’d very much appreciate it.
Even though the Allen campaign has attempted to make Tim
Kaine look like the big-bad wolf for the middle and working class of Virginia, Tim
Kaine’s record clearly tells a different story.
If Virginians want a candidate for the U.S. Senate who is
interested in helping all Virginians, then Tim Kaine should be the candidate who
you cast your vote for in the upcoming elections.
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