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While Tax Day is never a happy time for Virginians, the National Republican Senatorial Committee is reminding voters in the Commonwealth today that under the Obama-Kaine tax plan, American families and small businesses are facing as much as $4.5 trillion in higher taxes over the next 10 years.   In fact, just this week Chairman Kaine spoke with WINA in Charlottesville where he criticized the so-called “Buffett Tax” for not raising taxes enough and reiterated his support for allowing the current tax rates to rise dramatically at the end of this year, unless they are renewed.   Listen Here — Chairman Kaine: ““I question the priority of doing this right now.”  “Under the Obama-Kaine plan, taxes will rise by $500 billion over 10 years on the low end and as much as $4.5 trillion over 10 years on the high end, and all while Virginia businesses struggle to get back on their…

Says Obama Isn’t Raising Taxes Nearly Enough Yet In recent days, the push by President Obama and Senate Democrats to pass a new “Buffet Tax” has been widely panned by state and national media outlets across the country with many calling it “total gimmickry,” “a sham” and “a hoax.”   And today — of all people — President Obama’s hand-picked former DNC Chairman and U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine joined in the criticism and in an interview with WINA in Charlottesville, Kaine questioned why this is being made a priority by Democrats in Washington.  Listen Here — Chairman Kaine: ““I question the priority of doing this right now.”  But wait…..it turns out that Kaine’s objection to the Buffett Tax isn’t that it does absolutely nothing to help create jobs in Virginia or that is does nothing to help combat rising gas prices.    Kaine’s problem with the Buffet Tax is that…

 As former Democrat National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine claims he supports energy exploration, tomorrow marks the six year anniversary since Kaine blocked provisions in an energy bill that allowed Virginia to expand and explore their energy resources in the Commonwealth. The legislation, specifically asked Congress to exempt Virginia from a 25-year moratorium on natural gas and oil exploration.  Kaine’s actions thwarted potential new Virginia jobs and contributed to blocking the expansion of domestic energy resources which could lower energy prices. “Six years ago Chairman Kaine blocked efforts to expand Virginia’s energy resources and now that gas is at $4 a gallon, it’s clear Virginians are paying for his actions,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Brian Walsh.  “As energy prices continue to rise, Virginians need a Senator with a proven pro-jobs, pro-energy exploration record.”     BACKGROUND … EXACTLY SIX YEARS AGO, TIM KAINE WAS AGAINST EXPANDING VIRGINIA’S ENERGY RESOURCES April 7, 2006: “Gov….

After Touting ObamaCare & Failed Stimulus, Kaine Is Hoping Virginians Will Forget His Record A little over three years after serving as the number one cheerleader in Washington for President Obama’s massive $825 billion stimulus spending bill, and flatly predicting that it would ‘save or create’ 3 million jobs, former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine is clearly hoping Virginians will forget his record today as he embarks on three economic roundtables with U.S. Senator Mark Warner in Hampton Roads, Northern Virginia, and Richmond. In addition to the tacit acknowledgment that his bold predictions on the failed stimulus did not prove accurate, Kaine also announced that “they will discuss strategies to help businesses hire and expand” even as Virginia small businesses – like Health First a medical supplier in Henrico and Glen Allen’s Rainbow Station –continue to suffer under ObamaCare. “On issue after issue, DNC Chairman Tim Kaine has been Barack Obama’s…

Earlier this week, as the Supreme Court was hearing the oral arguments against Barack Obama and Tim Kaine’s intrusive healthcare law, the Obama Administration issued their job-killing EPA regulation on the coal industry. According to the Sierra Club these new regulations will cease production of any new coal plants, kill jobs and increase energy rates on hard-working families in Virginia.  This is troubling for Virginians given that coalfields in the Commonwealth create thousands of coal-related jobs. It’s an interesting development considering while campaigning in San Francisco in 2008, Barack Obama promised that his cap-and-trade program would bankrupt the coal industry. As The Hill reports: The Environmental Protection Agency proposed first-of-their-kind regulations Tuesday to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants. … Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune was even more blunt. He told Bloomberg that the rules “will make it nearly impossible to build a new coal plant,” and…

NRSC Launches New Web Video Two years ago today – with the help of Democrat National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine who was a fierce supporter of Barack Obama’s job-killing healthcare bill – President Barack Obama signed his $1.76 trillion job-killing healthcare bill into law.  The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has released a web video reminding Virginians of the broken promises from ObamaCare. Chairman Kaine specifically promised the healthcare bill would reduce healthcare costs for millions of people, but since this legislation has been signed into law, costs have risen by 9 percent and the average premium has risen by $1,300.  Meanwhile, Kaine and his fellow Democrats claimed the healthcare bill would cost $940 billion, but recently the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office released a report that found ObamaCare would actually cost $1.76 trillion.    Click The Screenshot Below To View The NRSC’s New Web Video Notably, this bill is…

WITH TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY APPROACHING, THE CONSEQUENCES OF TIM KAINE’S HEALTHCARE LAW When former Democrat National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine helped make President Barack Obama’s intrusive healthcare bill the law of the land, we knew it would force every Virginian to purchase health insurance, but now we are learning that it will give 15 unelected bureaucrats the power to decide which healthcare decisions are best for Virginians.    In fact, the American Hospital Association, along with over 70 medical groups warned the Democrat leadership – which included Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Chairman Kaine – that the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) could limit seniors’ access to Medicare and even the infrastructure for the entire healthcare system.  Additionally, it’s been reported that the IPAB’s true end game is to arbitrarily control the price of healthcare and decide what type of medical treatments patients in Virginia can receive.  As the Wall…

Tim Kaine’s Healthcare Law Is Killing Jobs In Virginia When former Democrat National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine announced his support for President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, it didn’t just cut $550 billion from Medicare but also included a slew of job-killing taxes that are crushing small businesses across Virginia.  As a result of the Obama-Kaine health care bill, Norfolk Southern has seen their healthcare costs increase by $27 billion.  Meanwhile, the healthcare costs at Richmond-based Brinks Security has increased by $14 billion.  The healthcare law also includes $500 billion in new taxes, including a harmful tax on the medical device community, which is estimated to kill 45,000 jobs nationwide and will likely harm Health First – a Henrico-based medical supplier.      Additionally, Gail Johnson the CEO of Rainbow Station, a franchise based in Glen Allen that offers nationally accredited early childhood education and school age recreation programs has called the…

Premiums Have Increased Former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine Claimed ObamaCare Would Lower Healthcare Costs When Democrat National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine campaigned for President Barack Obama’s job-killing healthcare law he specifically promised the legislation would “lower health care costs,” but nearly two years later families are now paying more money for their health insurance.  FactCheck.org has found that ObamaCare has made healthcare slightly less affordable and it’s causing premiums to go up – not down, as Kaine and his fellow Democrats have claimed it would.  Additionally, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that in 2011 the average healthcare premium climbed from $13,770 to $15,073, which amounts to a 9 percent increase. As the New York Times reports:  “The cost of health insurance for many Americans this year climbed more sharply than in previous years, outstripping any growth in workers’ wages and adding more uncertainty about the pace of rising medical…

Yet another example in an increasingly long list of issues where former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine says one thing while doing another.  Literally one day after the AFL-CIO, which proudly endorsed Kaine last month, bragged to the New York Times that they intend to spend upwards of $400 million in an effort to influence the 2012 elections, Tim Kaine – seemingly with a straight face – brazenly touted the importance of “transparency” in politics, while decrying “secret money” in political campaigns. Notably, the eye-popping $400 million figure touted by the AFL-CIO not only exceeds what American Crossroads, a Republican super PAC, has said they intend to raise and spend, but the reality is that this is money that will come from the hard-earned wages of workers who still have absolutely no choice in determining how Tim Kaine’s friends in Washington spend their money. “If Tim Kaine is truly serious about…