Posted: August 6, 2012 at 12:09 pm
New Ad: Why is Rehberg trying to tip the scales even more for big corporations and the richest 2 percent?
Americans United for Change and AFSCME have a new ad on the air to hold Congressman Rehberg to account for his recent irresponsible votes to preserve the Bush tax cuts for the richest 2%. The ad running heavily on the local broadcast stations in Billings, Butte, and Missoula on August 6 and 7.
Tom McMahon, Executive Director, of Americans United for Change had some strong words for Rehberg:
“Congressman Rehberg is clearly willing to protect tax breaks for the richest 2% and big oil companies at any cost, even if means hiking taxes on Montana families. If tax cuts for the rich were really the key to economic growth, how does Rep. Rehberg explain why President Bush’s millionaire tax breaks resulted in the worst presidential jobs record in recorded history? While the Bush tax cuts for the rich certainly failed to create jobs, they were all too successful at running up the national debt. For Rep. Rehberg to insist on doing the same irresponsible thing and handing millionaires another $150,000 check they don’t need and we can’t afford and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. It is past time to end the Bush tax cuts for the richest 2%, so that the rich start to pay their fair share. If we don’t, we won’t be able to protect middle-class priorities like education and Medicare from deep cutbacks. Of course, Congressman Rehberg already tried to go down that road, voting to for the so-called “cut, cap, and balance” plan that would mean severe cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits for Montana seniors. The Congressman need to get his priorities straightened out.”
Here’s the ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Here’s the script:
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“Fair and Balanced” Americans United For Change TV (:30)
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| Script | Back Up |
| VO: In America, everyone should have a fair shot at success Visual: Balance Scale starting out even | |
| VO: So why is Denny Rehberg trying to tip the scales even more for big corporations and the richest 2 percent? Visual: Scale having coins slowly fall on one side | Rehberg voted to keep tax cuts for the wealthy 2 percent and loopholes for corporations. [HR 8,Vote #545, 8/1/12] “Extending tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans would prevent an average middle-class tax increase of $1,600, or about $2,200 for a typical family of four.” [Center for American Progress, 7/31/12] |
| VO: Rehberg just voted to give people like Donald Trump a tax break worth $150,000 a year while raising taxes on 25 million working families. Visual: Scale having coins slowly fall on one side | A millionaire making over $1 million gets at least $150,000 from the Bush tax cuts. [Tax Policy Center, 7/5/11] House Bill Raises Taxes on 25 Million Americans. “The House Republican leadership bill (H.R. 8) purports to extend all tax cuts, including those for the rich, but in fact it would raise taxes on about 25 million working Americans. That is because it lets enhancements to three tax credits benefitting middle- and low-income families expire. H.R. 8 has no chance of reaching the president’s desk—the Senate rejected a substantially identical version—and he would not sign it anyway.” [Center for American Progress, 7/31/12] |
| VO: That way, Rehberg’s rich buddies can just keep on getting richer. Visual: Show the scale totally tilted toward one side | |
| VO: And the rest of us? We can get ………. (loud noise as the scale crashes down on one side) Visual: Scale crashing
Paid for by AFSCME and Americans United for Change.
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Go unions!!
This is a good ad- Rehberg needs to own his part of the deficit, and it’s not just his support for the Bush tax cut- it’s also that he was the biggest earmarker in the entire House!
Ummm….because the Republican party is run by big corporations and the richest 2 percent?
Honestly, you Democrats can be so dense sometimes. Retired porn star Jenna Jameson states it well, concerning Mitt: “When you’re rich, you want a Republican in office.”
Well played Sirs! True and Well Played!
I just sent this letter about a Denny Rehberg mailer to the Montana Standard. Just in case they don’t print it, here it is:
Editor:
Because I’m pretty old, I received a glossy mailer from Denny Rehberg headed “Montana Seniors Update.” It contained the usual distortions of his record to make it look like he’s on the side of senior citizens and a few of the usual Republican talking points, including the lie about the Affordable Care Law cutting $500 billion from Medicare.
So far no surprises. Typical election year horse manure.
I was about to toss it in the trash can when I noticed, in very, very small print, the following words: “This mailing was prepared, published and mailed at taxpayer expense.”
I was stunned.
Stunned that Denny Rehberg, a millionaire heavily funded by billionaires like the Koch brothers and right-wing groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, somehow managed to get around campaign laws to use MY tax dollars to mail me a pack of lies and distortions.
I’d like to know why he doesn’t have to spend his own money, or money given to him by his billionaire friends, to lie to me. Maybe someone can explain this to me.
Richard Turner
Dillon, MT 59725
Hey great letter- I wish we had more letter writers like you in Bozeman, a friend of mine who used to sell ads for the Chronicle told me that the letters to the editor and Dear Abbey are the most clicked links on most newspaper sites.
http://piedtype.com/2012/08/05/scotland-got-trumped/
Trump’s mother is a Scot, how ironic. Maybe ‘The Donald’ better be asking about her ‘papers’ to confirm her immigration status for the world to see? My ancestors came through Ellis Island and I’m damn proud of that and I’ve got their actual citizenship documents they earned also.
We have a Montana AFSCME Chapter too and it looks like they are pretty active. http://mtafscme.com/index.cfm?action=cat&categoryID=ca210b63-e671-4a3f-ade1-6881cb7fc5ff