Senator Stosch states “it wasn’t a $1.4 billion tax increase!”

Ok, I fully intend on transcribing for you the debate tonight between Senator Stosch and challenger Joe Blackburn. I can tell you that I thought Joe Blackburn handily won the debate tonight. However, before I sit down and write out the entire debate in a new post, I have to tell you the three most astonishing statements Senator Stosch had the audacity to make.

1. “It wasn’t a $1.4 billion tax increase in 2004.” That is a direct quote! I haven’t met a RINO yet that is dumb enough to try and make this argument. Most legislators say something like “I voted for it because we had to ensure our AAA bond rating”. In other words, they try and defend their vote. NOT SENATOR STOSCH.

   He actually tried to claim it never even happened! Do I really need to pull the hundreds of articles that state otherwise? Geez. You know, maybe he is right. I do believe he joined with Senator Chichester in trying to secure a $1.8 billion tax increase, only to have a Democrat Governor negotiate a $1.4 billion tax increase…to the disappointment of the Senate. Maybe he was trying to make an argument that it was too low!

2. Stosch claimed the budget was not $73 billion. We all know that budget has grown to $73 billion. Stosch thought he would be sneaky and just claim half the budget and pretend the other half didn’t exist. He actually tried to state that Joe was being misleading with the numbers by claiming a $73 billion budget. I think even Jeff Schapiro would agree the budget is $73 billion.
3. In his closing remarks Stosch was discussing what he would like to do these next four years if elected. He stated that he would like to make college tuition more affordable and then stated very emphatically, “and yes, that will require an investment!” Let me just decode that one for you. Senator Stosch has now promised more tax increases if you return him to office. Unbelievable!

I will transcribe the entire debate in the next post, but had to highlight these ridiculous statements.