Kerry voted against the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003. He voted against eliminating the marriage penalty a dozen times. In 1993, he voted twice for President Clintonâs budget plan, which raised taxes by a history-making $240 billion. In 1998 Kerry voted against requiring a super-majority to raise taxes. He voted no to across-the-board spending cuts in 1999. Heâs been greedily at the trough with the best of them, voting at least five times to raid the Social Security trust fund.
Charting out some highlights helps with the perspective:
1989-90: Votes against considering a capitol gains tax cut.
1993-94: Votes against spending reductions â an amendment to reduce budget spending by $94 billion. Votes for the largest tax increase in American history.
1995-96: Votes against balancing the budget â a bipartisan plan to balance the books in seven years.
1997-98: Votes against approving a GOP budget to cut spending and taxes. Votes against a balanced-budget constitutional amendment.
1999-2000: Votes against reducing federal taxes by $792 billion over 10 years.
2001: Votes against the Bush tax cut â a $1.35 trillion tax cut package to reduce income-tax rates, alleviate the âmarriage penaltyâ and gradually repeal the estate tax. Votes to reduce Bushâs proposed tax cut ceiling by $448 billion over 10 years.
Food for thought, watch the wallet.