McCain is a hypocrite

[NorCal Cat]

He complains about Romney being dishonest, and distorting his record with "attack" ads. He says how he did not go negative until he felt he finally had to respond to Romney. Well...I saw an ad where McCain criticizes Romney for the fees that went up while he was governor. He calls them essentially tax increases. Sorry, "my friend"...but you are full of crap. Here's the low down on the fee increases in MA:

$240 million -- Romney's fee hikes on targeted services like highway billboards, multiple copies of driver's licenses, bar exams, etc
$260 million -- Fee hikes that were passed prior to Romney's first year in office, yet did not take effect until Romney was IN office
$150 million -- Romney closed corporate tax loopholes

Add all three up, and there's your $650 million, which usually gets rounded to $700 million. Of course, Romney's contribution is only $400 million. Closing the corporate tax loopholes are simply enforcing existing tax code as it was intended...to call this a tax hike is like calling it a sentencing when you send an escaped convict back to prison.

And the $240 million of fee hikes that Romney approved were more than offset by various TAX CUTS he implemented...in other words, better than a "revenue neutral" shift of taxes to service fees, which any conservative should like. The service fees were generally in line with national and local inflationary trends, as well as making the prices more reflective of the actual costs. Fees generally make accounting in government more transparent, as you can see where the money is going...and there's really no good reason to subsidize a service cost below its market value anyway.


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