Posted on 04/29/2004 7:13:27 PM PDT by RWR8189
LANSING, MI - Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox (R) issued the following statement on the effect Sen. John Kerry's economic policies would have on Michigan workers:
"John Kerry's job-killing combination of higher taxes and extreme environmental regulations threatens the livelihood of all Michigan workers. The 50-cent per gallon gasoline tax increase Kerry supported would force Michiganders to go into the red at the pump and receive pink slips at work. Kerry's bill to raise CAFE standards could destroy hundreds of thousands of jobs and was slammed by the UAW because it would paralyze American automakers," Cox said.
1994: Backed Half-Dollar Increase In Gas Tax. (Jill Zuckman, "Deficit-Watch Group Gives High Marks To 7 N.E. Lawmakers," The Boston Globe, 3/1/94) Kerry voted twice for Clinton/Gore BTU Tax, increasing gas prices 7.5 cents per gallon. The 1993 Clinton/Kerry tax plan increased gas taxes by 4.3 Cents per gallon. Kerry voted at least three times against repealing the 4.3-cent increase.
Sen. John Kerry's Bill To Increase CAFE Standards To 36 MPG By 2015 Would Cost 450,000 Jobs And Result In $170 Billion In Lost Economic Output Between 2003 And 2020. ("Analysis Of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards For Light Trucks And Increased Alternative Fuel Use," Energy Information Administration, 3/02, p. 4, 6-7) Kerry’s CAFE proposal would eliminate more than 100,000 jobs in the nation's domestic auto and supplier industries, according to Andrew Kleit of Penn State University. (Andrew Kleit, "Modeling Increases In CAFE Standards Proposed By Senator Kerry," Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2/10/02)
United Auto Workers Opposed Kerry Proposal Because It Would "Discriminate Against" Big Three Auto Companies, "Facilitate" Outsourcing, And Cause "Serious Job Loss For Thousands" Of Auto Workers. "...We strongly oppose changes such as the Hollings-Kerry proposal that call for increases that are excessive and are structured in a manner that would discriminate against the Big Three automakers or facilitate the outsourcing of small car production to other countries. Such proposals would result in serious job loss for thousands of UAW members and other automotive workers." (Alan Reuther, Legislative Director, United Auto Workers, Letter To Senate, 2/25/02)
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