Ellsworth Decries Taxes in Indiana,
Supports Them in Washington
New Government Mandate Taxes, Intrudes on Personal Freedom

INDIANAPOLIS (September 20, 2010) – On the Indiana campaign trail, incumbent Congressman Brad Ellsworth has decried tax increases during a time of economic recession, saying it’s the worst thing you can do to a fragile economy. He recently told the Indianapolis Star, “I can’t ask honest taxpayers to pay more in taxes with so much wasteful spending going on.”

However, Congressman Ellsworth supported H.R. 3590, commonly referred to as ObamaCare.  The bill, as reported by Bloomberg , included this mandated federal tax among many others:

The bill in 2011 places new restrictions on what
can be purchased using special savings accounts
funded with pre-tax dollars including health
savings accounts. Improper withdrawals from the accounts also would be hit with a new 20 percent
tax. (Ryan J. Donmoyer, “New Health-Care Taxes Help Obama ‘Spread the Wealth.” Bloomberg, 3/22/2010)

The Business Insider added:

An increase from 10% to 20% on taxes of money in
a health savings account not used for qualified medical expenses. For Archer medical savings
accounts, an increase from 15% to 20%. (“New Taxes
in the Health Care Bill.” Business Insider, Accessed 9/20/2010)
“Incumbent Congressman Ellsworth, like President Obama and Speaker Pelosi, seems to believe ‘government-knows-best” when in fact Hoosiers know better.  That’s why Hoosiers have overwhelmingly and consistently rejected the intrusive mandates and added taxes of the Obama-Pelosi-Ellsworth health spending bill,” said communications director Pete Seat.

Seat added, “By supporting a provision which requires money from one’s health savings account to be used on ‘qualified medical expenses,’ Congressman Ellsworth is shining a light on his true liberal colors and reaffirming that he knows better than Hoosiers when it comes to their personal medical decisions.  Don’t worry, if you disagree, he’ll be happy to tax you for it.”

Background on Congressman Ellsworth’s Liberal Record
Incumbent Congressman Brad Ellsworth has consistently rubberstamped the Obama-Reid-Pelosi agenda in the United States House of Representatives, allowing for higher taxes, increased spending and unprecedented federal government power grabs of our financial and health care industries.

On October 3, 2008, Congressman Brad Ellsworth voted to bailout out Wall Street banks, putting Hoosiers and all Americans on the hook for billions of dollars of taxpayer money. (H.R. 1424, Vote #681, 10/03/08)

On February 13, 2009 , Congressman Ellsworth voted for an $814 billion stimulus proposal at the behest of President Obama and Speaker Pelosi that he claimed would add 75,000 jobs to Indiana’s economy.  Indiana is now at a nearly 100,000 jobs deficit based on those projections and has an unemployment rate of 10.2 percent. (H.R. 1, Vote #70, 2/13/09)

On November 7, 2009 , Congressman Ellsworth joined together with President Obama and Speaker Pelosi to support the ObamaCare health spending bill, which allowed for a massive intervention of the federal government into the nation’s health care system.   (H.R. 3962, Vote #887, 11/7/09)

On March 21, 2010, Congressman Ellsworth supported the second version of the extreme ObamaCare legislation that allowed for massive tax increases and more burdensome regulations on individuals and businesses at a time of economic recession.  (H.R. 3590, Vote #165, 3/21/10)

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