LITTLE: CONGRESS SHOULD VOTE TO BLOCK TAX HIKES NOW

(HIGHLANDS, September 29) – Republican congressional challenger Anna Little – responding to continued failure by the Congress to enact legislation blocking planned tax hikes – today reiterated her commitment to maintaining current tax rates for all taxpayers and preventing the massive tax hike scheduled to take place on New Year’s Day.

“Another day, another 24 hours of uncertainty on taxes,” said Little. “Meanwhile, the clock counts down to the biggest tax hike in American history – something that will take our sluggish economy further downhill – and Congress is more concerned about the jobs of its own Members than it is with helping create an environment in which jobs can be created for the 15 million Americans now looking for work.

“This Congress has passed a $814 billion ‘stimulus package’ that didn’t stimulate much; passed a trillion-dollar healthcare package that reduces patient choice, cuts Medicare by $500 billion, increases insurance premiums, and imposes for the first time ever a mandate that every American purchase a product in the private market place or be fined by 16,000 new IRS agents; and passed a so-called ‘Wall Street Reform’ package that institutionalizes ‘Too Big To Fail.’

“Meanwhile, this Congress has – for the first time since the enactment of the Budget Act of 1974 – failed to pass a budget for the Federal Government. And now it’s preparing to adjourn without passing legislation to block a massive tax increase.

“In other words, this Congress has succeeded in doing things it SHOULDN’T have done, and has failed to do the things it SHOULD have done.

“But that’s par for the course in the Alice in Wonderland world that is Washington today.

“The simple fact is, you cannot change Washington without changing the PEOPLE in Washington.

“The good news is, there’s an election in 34 days. And then the people will have a chance to make their voice heard!”