Fellow Conservatives:
Shortly after the election, we told you House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) — the highest ranking Republican in Congress — was open to raising taxes on the American people.
Speaker Boehner’s office said we were wrong and quickly walked back his statement that Republicans would “accept new revenue, under the right conditions.”
It turns out we were right.
Yesterday, Speaker Boehner outlined his plan to address the fiscal cliff, which would force Americans taxpayers to turn over $800 billion more of their money to the federal government in higher taxes.
This is a huge tax increase and it doesn’t matter how it’s collected. It’s a massive power grab that will take productive resources out of the private economy and hand them over to incompetent politicians.
Speaker Boehner is apparently not only willing to capitulate on the biggest issue that separates Republicans from Democrats, he’s also willing to push Republicans into breaking a solemn pledge they made to voters.
The last time Republicans caved on tax hikes was in 1990 when President George H.W. Bush broke his famous “read my lips: no new taxes” pledge. It cost him the election and Republicans vowed to never repeat the mistake.
URGENT: CONTACT YOUR SENATORS http://www.senateconservatives.com/site/whiplist/6?c=9bc44b50d79ec4c391774ae5a7a52e0f
Please contact Senate Republicans today and urge them to oppose the Boehner Tax Hike.
America doesn’t have a tax revenue problem; it has a spending problem. We’re never going to get Washington to stop the spending if we keep letting politicians take more and more of our money.
If President Obama and the Democrats are determined to send the country over the fiscal cliff with higher taxes, they should be forced to take full responsibility for it. Republicans should never, ever, support such a harmful policy.
If the liberals in this country expect conservatives to give up, they don’t know who they’re dealing with. We believe in our principles because they’re true and we’re never going to stop fighting for them.
Best regards,
Matt Hoskins
Executive Director
Senate Conservatives Fund