Kennedy touts his”tax fighter award.”
Republican Mark Kennedy held a news conference with someone from the National Tax Limitation Committee to tout a "tax fighter award." Here's the release from Kennedy's campaign:
Mark Kennedy Receives “Tax Fighter Award”
(St. Paul, Minnesota) – The nonpartisan National Tax Limitation Committee (NTLC) honored U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kennedy today with its “Tax Fighter Award” and an ‘A’ rating for his record of keeping taxes low and controlling spending.
NTLC President Lewis K. Uhler presented Kennedy with the award at the Capitol in St. Paul. Mr. Uhler highlighted the differences between Mark Kennedy and his opponent and stressed that while Kennedy has received three consecutive ‘A’ ratings from the group, Klobuchar could be expected to follow in the foot steps of retiring-Senator Mark Dayton. Dayton has earned three consecutive ‘F’ or flunking grades from the tax group during his six years in the Senate.
“I am honored to receive this award and an A-grade for supporting the kind of common sense policies Minnesota’s taxpayers expect. We have to get spending in Washington under control, that means not treating the people’s money like it belongs to the government, passing a line-item veto, and eliminating wasteful earmarks,” said Kennedy.
“Ms. Klobuchar would simply follow in Mark Dayton’s foot-steps by supporting reckless job killing policies like opposing to even lower the death tax. She has already proposed a $1.5 trillion tax hike that would be three times the size of the largest tax increase in history. That will kill jobs and hurt MN families.”
During the award presentation, Mr. Uhler said, “Dayton failed to emulate the voting records of Sens. Boschwitz and Durenberger who preceded him. Balance would be restored with Mark Kennedy in the Senate.”
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