“Professor Warren is trying to reinvent herself once again, but no amount of television advertising will change what the small business community already knows: Warren’s policies will devastate small business and destroy hundreds of thousands of good jobs. Warren cannot be a friend to small business while at the same time declaring that government is responsible for their success, and proclaiming herself the ‘intellectual founder’ of the anti-free enterprise Occupy protests. That’s why the Chamber of Commerce calls her the ‘greatest threat to free enterprise of any candidate,’ and even leading Democrats say she is ‘catastrophically antibusiness.’”– Jim Barnett, campaign manager for Scott Brown
WARREN REPRESENTS “THE GREATEST THREAT TO FREE ENTERPRISE”
Chamber Of Commerce: ”No Other Candidate In 2012 Represents A Greater Threat To Free Enterprise Than Professor Warren.”(WBZ, 8/17/12)
Leading Democratic Think Tank: “‘If You Listened Only To Elizabeth Warren, The Message Was Catastrophically Antibusiness,’ said Matt Bennett, co-founder of Third Way, a centrist Democratic group. That ‘further drives a wedge between business and Democrats that may not be fair but is the way business perceives things,’ he said. ‘And making voters into victims is not a winning strategy.’” (Jackie Calmes, “Democrats Face A Juggling Act Over Jobs,” The New York Times, 9/8/12)
WARREN WAS THE ORIGINATOR OF “YOU DIDN’T BUILD THAT” PHILOSOPHY
President Obama’s “You Didn’t Build That” Gaffe Was “A Watered Down” Version Of Warren’s Speech From Last August. ”But it’s worth remembering that Obama’s biggest recent campaign blunder was when he downplayed the individual efforts of entrepreneurs, in ad-libbed remarks in Roanoke, Virginia. It was his watered down version of Warren’s view of the free market, remarks that went viral last year.” (Josh Kraushaar, “Obama’s Elizabeth Warren Test,” The National Journal, 7/31/12)
WARREN CREATED “THE INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATION” OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT
Warren Claimed She “Created Much Of The Intellectual Foundation” For The Occupy Protests.“Elizabeth Warren is running for office in the most high-profile race in the country not involving Barack Obama. It’s a position that calls for some tact. So what does she think about the Occupy Wall Street protests that are roiling the country? ‘I created much of the intellectual foundation for what they do,’ she says. ‘I support what they do.’” (Samuel P. Jacobs, “Warren Takes Credit for Occupy Wall Street,” Daily Beast, 10/24/11)
WARREN SUPPORTS $3.4 TRILLION IN NEW TAXES
Warren Supports A $9 Billion Tax Hike On Small Businesses. ”A Democratic proposal which would have ended a provision in the tax code that allows small business owners to claim some income as business profits to limit the payroll taxes paid also failed in a 51-43 vote mostly along party lines. Following the vote, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren’s campaign took aim at Brown, saying that he put ‘partisan interests ahead of preventive health services and college students.’” (Robert Rizzuto, “Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren Spar Over Student Loan Rate Vote,” The [Springfield, MA] Republican, 5/24/12; (“Estimate Of Budgetary Effects Of S. 2343, The Stop The Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act Of 2012, As Introduced On April 24, 2012,” Congressional Budget Office, 4/25/12)
Warren Supports An $848.8 Billion Tax Hike, Impacting All Small Business And Family Incomes Above $250,000. (“Elizabeth Warren’s Deficit Response,” The Boston Globe, 7/11/12; Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Of The U.S. Government, Office Of Management And Budget, Table S-9)
Warren Supports A $1 Trillion Social Security Payroll Tax Hike, Impacting All Small Business And Family Incomes Above $108,000. ”Not shying away from point-blank questions from Gaudette Insurance Agency President Lee Gaudette about funding Social Security for the baby boom generation, Ms. Warren said that if income were taxed for Social Security at a flat rate, instead of having the taxable portion capped at $108,000, the program would pay for itself.” (Susan Spencer, “Senate Hopeful Warren Shares Her Views On Economic Recovery,” Worcester Telegram & Gazette, 11/10/11; Janmarie Mulvey, “Social Security: Raising Or Eliminating The Taxable Earnings Base,” Congressional Research Service, 9/24/10)
- Warren Called For The Elimination Of The Cap On Social Security Taxes, And “A Flat Tax That Just Goes All The Way Across, But For All Income Earned.” WARREN: “If the cap were raised on the amount of income that is taxed from its current $108,000, and was, for example, a flat tax that just goes all the way across, but for all income earned – then basically Social Security would pay for itself in perpetuity. It’s there. It’s fixed its own problem.” (Elizabeth Warren, Remarks At Blackstone Valley Chamber Of Commerce Annual Meeting, Sutton, Mass., 11/9/11)
Warren Supports The Tax Increases In The Affordable Care Act. WARREN: “I’m a believer in that we need healthcare reform. I supported what we did. I would have liked to have seen, in many ways I would have liked to have seen more.” (Elizabeth Warren, Remarks To The MNW Democratic Alliance, Franklin, MA, 1/2/12)
- The Affordable Care Act Contains $675 Billion In Taxes. (“Supreme Court’s Health Law Decision Leaves in Place 21 Tax Hikes Costing Taxpayers More Than $675 Billion,” House Ways and Means Committee, 6/28/12)
