CONCORD, NH – Less than 24 hours since it launched, more than 400 NH voters from 128 different towns across the state have signed Democratic congressional candidate Ann McLane Kuster’s petition to pass middle class tax relief instead of repeating the mistake of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.

 

“Instead of supporting the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest, Washington should have passed tax relief for middle class families, kept the deficit under control, and invested in the job-creation that was missing over much of the past decade.” said Kuster.  “Now is our chance to finally get it right.”        

As the original Bush tax cuts expire this year and lawmakers grapple with how to fix the tax code, the Bush tax cuts dominated the pages of the Union Leader, Concord Monitor, Washington Post, USA Today, and other papers this past week. 

 

Annie Kuster opposed these tax cuts for the wealthy, while her opponent in the Democratic primary, Katrina Swett, supported them.

 

“Katrina Swett’s support of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest was wrong for New Hampshire, it was wrong for America, and now hundreds of Granite State voters are standing with Annie in her campaign to help change Washington and make things right,” said Neil Sroka, Communications Director for Kuster for Congress.

 

Swett supported the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans in her campaign for Congress in 2002.   Out of 211 Democrats serving in the U.S. House of Representatives at the time, only 10 supported the Bush tax cuts, which passed in the spring of 2001. [“House Passes Bush Tax Cut,” Washington Post, 3/9/01]

 

 

 

Born and raised in Concord, Ann McLane Kuster has a long history as a community activist, author, public policy advocate, and attorney with deep roots in the Granite State.  She worked with New Hampshire colleges to create the UNIQUE 529 College Savings Program to help families save for their children to attend college, and worked with a coalition of health care providers to create the Medication Bridge Program that distributes free medication to New Hampshire families and seniors who cannot afford the high cost of prescription drugs.  She has served as a board member or advisor to the NH Charitable Foundation, the Trust for Public Lands, Child and Family Services of New Hampshire, the United Way, and many other community groups. She and her husband Brad live in Hopkinton and have two sons who attend college in New Hampshire.

 

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