Lincoln Chafee's Shocking Tax Plan

Lincoln Chafee's own website highlights dozens of shocking things that he wants to specifically raise taxes on, including many essentials for Rhode Island's working families.

As Senator, Chafee supported George W. Bush's destructive economic policies backed by corporate interests, which directly contributed to the economic crisis and the tough times affecting Rhode Island families across the state.

Now he wants to tax those same middle-class families --not to mention blind business owners, veterans, amputees (and amputee veterans)-- to balance the state's budget?  

As if Chafee's conservative votes haven't made things tough enough for Rhode Island's working families, now Lincoln Chafee specifically plans to tax: 

  • Amputee veterans' motor vehicles and equipment
  • Gasoline
  • School meals
  • Textbooks
  • Rent charged by universities
  • Rent charged by nursing homes
  • Medicine, drugs and medical equipment
  • Renewable energy products
  • Air & water pollution control facilities 
  • Farm equipment
  • Electricity, gas, and heating oil for domestic use
  • Water for residential use
  • Food products and food ingredients
  • Clothes and shoes
  • And so much more, including sales by the visually impaired
Lincoln Chafee is a conservative policy maker who voted in line with the Bush Administration 76% of the time. He advocated for, and voted in favor of, big business and corporations.

Those votes are a big reason why Rhode Island is facing financial hardship in the first place, and now he wants middle-class, disabled and visually impaired Rhode Islanders to empty their pocketbooks to fill the budget deficit?

Senator Chafee wants Rhode Island taxpayers to fix the state's budget deficit with a wide-ranging tax on previously untaxed items like textbooks, school meals, heating fuel, and, shockingly, the equipment that amputee veterans need to operate a car.

Call Lincoln Chafee at (401) 456-0003, and tell him to drop his proposed tax plan. Rhode Island is already paying the price for his votes as Senator. Help spread the word and use the form on the right to tell a friend.
Senator Chafee voted for corporate tax breaks, weakened consumer protections, and George W. Bush's disasterous economic policies.

But now, he wants to fix the state's budget deficit with wide-ranging taxes on previously untaxed items like textbooks, school meals, heating, and, shockingly, basic equipment for amputee veterans.

Use this form to tell a friend or call Lincoln Chafee at (401) 456-0003, and tell him to drop his proposed tax plan. Rhode Island is already paying the price for his votes as Senator.


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