Ellsworth Supported Higher Payroll Tax
Tax Increase in ObamaCare Bill Hits Every Hoosier

INDIANAPOLIS (September 21, 2010) – Yesterday the Dan Coats for Indiana campaign highlighted a new tax on the use of health savings accounts for non-federal government qualified medical expenses supported by incumbent Congressman Brad Ellsworth – the same Congressman Ellsworth who recently told the Indianapolis Star, “I can’t ask honest taxpayers to pay more in taxes with so much wasteful spending going on.”

In addition to that tax, hidden away in H.R. 3590, the ObamaCare health bill, was another tax affecting every working Hoosier.  According to the Boston Globe:

In addition to the expansion of Medicare tax on investment income as noted in Section 1402 above,

the Medicare tax rate has also increased. This

tax increases by a third, from 2.9 percent to

3.8 percent. (Jamie Downey, “Tax implications

of health care reform legislation.” Boston Globe, 3/24/2010)

“With unemployment near double digits, soaring deficits and unprecedented debt, Congressman Ellsworth supported another tax on the ‘honest taxpayers’ of Indiana,” said communications director Pete Seat.

Seat added, “This is yet another in a long line of ‘What Happens in Washington, Stays in Washington’ moves by Congressman Ellsworth.”

Background on Congressman Ellsworth’s Tax Increasing Record

Ellsworth Supported New Tax on Health Savings Accounts – 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)

• 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)

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 – in fact, supporting it nearly 90 percent of the time – 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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