Republican Party of Kansas: Boyda says yes to new taxes

FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF KANSAS

July 01, 2008

Contact: Christian Morgan
Mobile: 913-461-8681
Office: 785-234-3456


Topeka, Kansas—Freshman Congresswoman Nancy Boyda has committed a number of errors during her short time in Washington. Whether storming out of an Iraq briefing or calling people "liars," her first 16 months has been nothing but entertaining.

However, nothing prepares you to hear support for a tax increase—especially when that support comes straight from a candidate's mouth. But that seems to be what happened in today's Topeka Capitol Journal.

From the article:

“Asked about raising the tax on gas, Boyda said, ‘I don't know that any politician wants to stand up here today and say they support increasing the fuel tax, but that's how roads are built.’”

Kansas Republican Party Chairman, Kris Kobach, commented, "Nancy Boyda appears to confirm today what we always knew: that she is a tax and spend liberal. With fuel taxes too high, fuel prices through the roof, and Kansans feeling the pinch, Nancy Boyda wants to raise our taxes."

"Boyda's true colors are showing through, and they don't match the views of Kansans. She has already violated her pledge to reform earmarks in Washington, she clearly shows disdain for any good news coming from Iraq, and now she evidently wants to raise taxes on every American who goes to the pump to fill up his car."

"Boyda suggests that she wants to raise the fuel tax because 'that's how roads are built.' That's also how hardworking Kansan see their incomes erased in hard economic times. Boyda needs to explain to Kansans what exactly she is proposing."