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Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) who now occupies former House Speaker Denny Hastert’s seat bucked his own party by voting against the conference budget being pushed by the Democrats.
Foster issued the following statement on his website;
“I can’t support a budget, from either party, that raises taxes on the middle class. This bill hurts families all across the 14th District by eliminating the 10-percent bracket for lower-income taxpayers, reinstating the marriage penalty and increasing taxes on small businesses and investments.
I campaigned on a platform of middle class tax relief, and I was elected to Washington to bring about change. When asked to choose between my party and the people I represent, I will choose the families of the 14th District every single time.”
Maybe Foster can give House Speaker Nancy Pelosi(D-CA) and House Budget Chairman John Spratt (D-SC) a lesson in budgets as they both are on record as having said that the current budget contains no tax increases. Then again it is far more likely for Pelosi to take Foster to the woodshed for going public with his objections.
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3 Comments for Democratic Congressman Bucks Party on Taxes
The epitamy of an oxymoron – Conservative Democrat
Hooray for Rep. foster!! A man of courage and ethics – unlike Nancy PIlLOsi who pads her pockets by owning land in SF waterfront and making sure her husbands company gets the contract to refurbish the waterfront. Most of the lying, cheating, worthless people in congress should be thrown out on their sorry behinds – and shamed by Americans who give a damn about their country! Our congress doesn’t!
Congress wastes our money and to give them more to pad their own pockets or those of their cronies is stealing plain and simple. I am delighted to see that Rep. Foster is a “man” of his word! Go Foster!! – Want to run for president?
I commend any politician who will stand by his campaign promises. I commend you for standing up against more taxes and liberal,socialist,and communistic, Democrats. Politicians just want more money to spend and waste giving earmarks to relatives. The American people are fed up with corrupt politicians.We have too much government, too much bureauracy. We need to move back toward a Constitutional government and cut the size of government drastically. Abolish the federal reserve and establich a Constitutional taxing system.