A new ad by the Republican Governors Association hit the airwaves in North Carolina today, criticizing Democratic candidiate for governor Walter Dalton for pushing a 15 percent sales tax increase -- which Dalton isn't actually pushing.
Dalton has promised not to raise the sales tax during his first two years as governor. He did support Gov. Bev Perdue's proposal for a three-quarters of a cent sales tax hike.
The ad also claims a 15 percent sales tax hike would cost 8,000 jobs, a claim that has been previously discredited.
Dalton spokesman Schorr Johnson said in response: "The RGA is doubling down on attacks that are outright lies previously found inaccurate by the press to try to distract from Pat McCrory's plan that could raise the sales tax to 13.88 -- a 192 percent increase."
From the RGA:
"Again and again, Walter Dalton has supported raising taxes during his political career, and his high-tax approach is costing North Carolina jobs," RGA communications director Mike Schrimpf says in a news release. "Under Dalton's leadership, North Carolina has the worst business tax climate in the South and the highest unemployment in the region."
Is everything clear now?
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Pat McCrory offers a tax
September 29, 2012 - 9:29pm — WilmingtonDemocratPat McCrory offers a tax plan with no specifics - he doesn't he think the electorate has enough intelligence that it is worth explaining how he would pay for massive tax cuts - so why should we be surprised when they run commercials that are blatant lies.
Remember, under Pat McCrory, Charlotte's unemplyment rate doubled.
When? When? When?
September 28, 2012 - 4:40pm — Jackson_TybeeWe monitor corporate ads and impose standards of truthfulness. When are we going to do the same for political ads? Imposing huge fines after the fact should do the trick and lead to self-moderation even if things move too quickly to vet them before they air.
Paging Roy Cooper!