Mitt Romney: Broke His Campaign Pledge Not To Raise Taxes But Raised Taxes as Governor

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[SoConPubbie]

Top Line Points

• While campaigning for Governor, Mitt Romney pledged not to raise taxes, but after he became Governor, Mitt Romney did raise taxes
• In 2008, John McCain agreed that Romney raised taxes as Governor, which is why McCain said that Romney "raised taxes by $730 million. He called them fees; I'm sure the people that had to pay it - whether they called them bananas, they still had to pay $730 million extra." It is also why the McCain campaign published a web video describing Romney’s record of raising taxes in Massachusetts.***
• According to the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation and John McCain, Romney raised fees and taxes by over $700 million (between $730 - $750 million)
• In just his first two years as Governor, Romney hiked corporate taxes by $350 million
• Romney raised fees by $400 million on the people of Massachusetts
• It is little wonder then that Massachusetts ranked 47th in job creation during Romney’s four years as Governor (Brett Arends, Marketwatch.com, 2/23/10)
• During Romney’s Tenure Massachusetts Was Ranked #1 In The Nation For Fee Hikes (2003)
• Romney’s raised fees on people who are blind, on drivers, on hunters, on veterans, on drivers, on those getting married, on homebuyers, on boaters; on golfers
• Romney’s fees burdened even society’s most needy: people who are blind and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities
• At the end of Romney’s term as governor the tax burden was heavier than when he began

*** McCain Campaign Video "Mittsurfing": http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=pu3r67ApOUQ

[SoConPubbie]

"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton
"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan
"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792

[Rudder]

Is McCain now in the race against Romney, Paul and Gingrich?

[zeebee]

[SoConPubbie]

Is McCain now in the race against Romney, Paul and Gingrich?

Nope, but Romney's record IS Romney's record.

The detail, and there is a lot of supporting detail in this article, came from Newt's campaign.

[matthew fuller]

Ever since Mit Romney has been in this campaign, there has been one single word that describes him perfectly, and it has eluded me for months, until finally I realized what it is- Mitt Romney is the supreme exemplification of the word SMARMY.

[Lib-Lickers 2]

I was first for Perry then Cain and then Newt...it sucks but it’s either Romney or Karl Marx Jr. in November.. we all know about Romney’s record by now but at least he’s an American lover not an American hater.. I’ll vote for him over Obama in November.. and he knows we conservatives will be watching him like a hawk

[SoConPubbie]

Ever since Mit Romney has been in this campaign, there has been one single word that describes him perfectly, and it has eluded me for months, until finally I realized what it is- Mitt Romney is the supreme exemplification of the word SMARMY.

That's a good word to describe him.