Good morning—
Earlier today, liberal U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) appeared on Fox News to discuss her proposal to raise energy taxes while Missourians struggle with nearly $4-a-gallon gas. I wanted to draw your attention to McCaskill’s comments when presented with the simple fact that if she and President Obama succeed in raising taxes, energy producers will simply “pass the price on to us at the pump some day.”
Notably, McCaskill does not deny that her tax hikes will result in higher prices for Missouri families at the pump and in their home energy bills. Instead, McCaskill attempts to justify her multi-billion-dollar tax hikes by claiming that at least they aren’t as large or far reaching as they could be – saying “it’s $2 billion a year [in tax hikes], it’s not $4 billion a year,” and “keep in mind, we are only doing the five biggest [energy companies], not the small independents.”
CLICK THE SCREENSHOT BELOW TO SEE SEN. McCASKILL ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY HER ENERGY TAX HIKES
Of course, despite McCaskill’s attempts to justify her massive tax hikes, there is growing bipartisan consensus that not only will her proposal raise gas and home energy costs for Missouri families, she would also make our country more dependent on foreign energy. As the non-partisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports, McCaskill and Obama’s energy tax hikes “would make oil and natural gas more expensive for U.S. consumers and likely increase foreign dependence.” Meanwhile, even McCaskill’s fellow Washington Democrats admit that energy tax hikes will “cost thousands of jobs” and “increase our dependency on foreign oil.”
In reporting on Senator McCaskill’s attempts to burden Missouri families with higher energy taxes, please consider the following statement from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC)”
“Despite her well-documented habit of billing taxpayers to fuel her private plane, it seems that Senator McCaskill remains oblivious to high energy costs. It’s unbelievable that McCaskill is trying to raise energy taxes on Missouri’s families and businesses while they struggle with $4-a-gallon gas. But then again, this is the same Claire McCaskill who continues to support President Obama’s proposed income tax hikes, and who provided the crucial 60th vote to ram ObamaCare’s $570 billion in tax hikes into law.” – Chris Bond, NRSC Press Secretary
