Better change your mind to “no” Senator Pryor.
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), who is up for reelection in 2014, said he is undecided about whether to support another temporary extension of the Bush tax rates for all income brackets.
Republicans in Congress are pushing for another extension for the budget busting tax breaks for the wealthy that created our massive deficit. Pryor already voted against the Buffet Rule that would have required the wealthiest 1% of Americans. Back then he said:
There is no disputing that the wealthy should pay their fair share in taxes. This inequity should be fixed as part of broad tax reform, not as a political ploy meant to score points. A serious, bipartisan effort to reform the tax code could pass Congress and be signed into law, ensuring that employees no longer write larger checks to Uncle Sam than their CEOs.
But he’s still undecided on an extension of the tax cuts for the wealthy, despite those sentiments…
Senator Pryor, a Democrat In Name Only if ever there was one, needs some pressure put on him if he’s going to fight the right way on this. Just extending these tax cuts for a year costs ordinary Americans $36 billion while only benefiting 2% of Americans. Saying no to yet another extension of them should be a no brainer. Unfortunately, getting Mark Pryor to side with ordinary Arkansans is often a difficult task.
Call Senator Pryor’s office and tell him to vote no on an extension of tax cuts for the wealthy:
(202) 224-2353
Sorry to put it bluntly but don’t believe a word Pryor says. While Pryor claims he is concerned about millionaires not paying their fair share in taxes (“It is maddening that hundreds of millionaires pay virtually no federal income taxes, and this should change”), Pryor recently joined Senate Republicans in voting down President Obama’s proposal for a minimum tax on income millionaires (the “Buffett rule”). What does Pryor really stand for? A fairer tax system, or tax privileges for the super rich? His actions unambiguously point to the second.
http://arkansasmediawatch.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/senator-pryor-insults-half-his-constituents/
http://arkansasmediawatch.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/pryor-on-taxes/
Pryor sits on the fence because there is no clear political advantage. As for tax cuts, Pryor cuts them for himself as can be read at the retirepryor website. When the fall guy Pryor’s family set-up goes to trial, Pryor will be unable to hide the facts surrounding the case of the disappearing tax evasion investigation. Maybe that’s when he’ll head to the Caymens to spend that money.