New Schwarzenegger ad claims Dems seek tax increases

[Kadie]

New Schwarzenegger ad claims Dems seek tax increases
By BETH FOUHY, AP Political Writer

Thursday, June 2, 2005


(06-02) 16:31 PDT San Francisco (AP) --


Seizing on a proposal by Democratic legislators to raise income taxes on the wealthy, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released a new television ad Thursday claiming lawmakers intend to hike other taxes and might even tinker with the state's famed property tax-slashing measure, Proposition 13.


The new ad came just two days after Assembly Democrats proposed adding $3.1 billion to fund education by hiking income taxes on the state's top earners. But the ad suggests Democrats also want to boost several other taxes, including the sales tax and the vehicle license fee — claims Democrats called misleading and dishonest.


The commercial begins by repeating a claim Schwarzenegger has made often since becoming governor — that the legislature spends more money than it takes in and seeks tax increases to shore up the difference.


"How do they plan to balance the books?" the announcer asks. "Increase the car tax. Increase sales taxes. Increase income taxes. And dismantle Prop. 13 to increase property taxes."

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[AndyTiedye]

1. There's Always Unlimited Money For Arnie to Run TV Ads

Where does that money come from?

[livetohike]

2. All that traveling he does out of state

All of it is basically fund raising for him to advance his issues in CA and the big money in the Rep. party wants him to succeed. They want to turn CA red....

[realFedUp]

3. Arnold's happy to raise "fees", but don't call them taxes

Fees have been raised that affect State and University
of California students, vehicles, state parks, etc. and cuts
to education which have in part led to closing of
schools on the local level....

Arnold may not want to raise taxes on his
"special interest" donors, but he has raised
them on the middle and lower income workers
and their families.

Just doesn't call them taxes.

Do an ad on that Dems.

[bemildred]

4. So? Like living in a bananna republic - 3rd world nation is great?

Let them all move to the Bahamas and see how they like
that when it full of their stupid trophy homes and SUVs.

[jfern]

5. Damn straight

How about one on Hummers? They waste a lot of gas, and damage to the road is roughly proportional to m^4/a, where m is the mass of the vecihle and a is the number of axels.

[laugle]

6. Love the kitty!! I'm sooooooo sick of

aunold and his governing through the media and his ads that we pay for. He's just like the Chimp!! And I hope his lousy special election goes down it flames. What an arrogant nerve he's got!! Spending "OUR" MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bemildred]

7. Some old babble.

Illegal immigrants, tax increases, gay rights, abortion, terror,
anything but how the schools suck and the roads suck and the
health care system sucks and the unions suck and Ahnuld sucks.

[Cleita]

8. They are playing them over and over in my neck of the woods.

More Republican disinformation. Let's call Arnold all red ink and no real plan, sort of like calling Bush all hat and no cattle.