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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rudy is a tax cutting, tough on crime liberal. Simple.


3 posted on 11/03/2007 5:19:05 AM PDT by petercooper ("Daisy-cutters trump a wiretap anytime." - Nicole Gelinas - 02-10-04)
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To: petercooper
Rudy is a tax cutting, tough on crime liberal. Simple.

Wrong. Rudy hardly favors cutting taxes. Some comments by Giuliani.

---"Over the objections of a furious Mayor Giuliani and city legislators from both parties, the New York state legislature has abolished the New York City commuter tax. The action, done to apparently affect a local legislative race in suburban Rockland County, could cost New York City $360 million. NPR's Margot Adler reports."--- NPR Report

---"Let's face it: Rudy Giuliani argued for the reinstatement of the tax,..."--- NY Sun report [Giuliani] says ruling out a tax increase is "political pandering." Newsday, August 31, 1989

"When I ran for Mayor both times, I was asked very, very often to do the following: Pledge that you will never raise taxes. I refused to do that. Pledge that you will lower taxes. I refused to do that." -- Rudy Giuliani, New York Times, October 25, 1994

Mr. Giuliani criticized Mr. Pataki’s proposal to cut taxes as “a shell game” that would hurt everyone in the state… -- New York Times, October 30, 1994
11 posted on 11/03/2007 5:30:36 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: petercooper
Rudy is a tax cutting

His marginal tax cuts were swallowed up by more city spending

tough on crime liberal.

America isn't NYC and we don't want Rudy's authoritarian, police state tactics everywhere else.

Rudy's nominated = 3rd party

50 posted on 11/03/2007 8:05:32 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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