Dino Rossi, Patty Murray’s top priorities, a tax hike on profits of U.S. companies

Stopped by a lookout on highway 12 outside of Yakima to catch this glimpse of Mt. Rainier. IMAGE By Rossi for Senate Copyright All rights reserved

Bellevue, WA – One of Sen. Patty Murray’s top priorities, a tax hike on profits of U.S. companies with foreign subsidiaries, would hurt Microsoft and other corporations and drive jobs out of Washington State. Sen. Murray has touted her efforts to protect jobs for Washingtonians, even though Microsoft, the state’s second-largest private employer which has numerous locations worldwide, stands to lose big if the tax hike becomes law. The Senate could take up legislation on Tuesday which would jeopardize jobs for Washingtonians at a time when the state is already facing high unemployment.

“It’s incredibly disturbing Senator Murray would choose partisan politics and angry rhetoric over supporting Microsoft and the many Washington companies that operate in countries around the world,” said Rossi.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Bloomberg News that this type of tax hike “makes U.S. jobs more expensive. We’re better off taking lots of people and moving them out of the U.S. as opposed to keeping them inside the U.S.”

“Washington State has a unique economy where many of our companies are engaged in commerce across the globe, which lends to jobs for tens of thousands of Washingtonians,” Rossi added. “Apparently Senator Murray still doesn’t understand that when you punish job creators, they will go elsewhere. There is never a good time to send good-paying jobs overseas, but, with Washingtonians facing high unemployment, Senator Murray’s mission to hurt good Washington State companies like Microsoft could hardly come at a worse time.”

This politically-motivated bill being marketed as yet another “jobs bill,” is expected to have little positive effect according to experts. Anne Mathias, a tax analyst at Concept Capital’s Washington Research Group said, “I don’t think this package is going to be successful.”

“Health care ‘reform’ will cost Boeing $150 million up front, and result in health insurance premium increases for Boeing workers, and now she’s targeting Microsoft,” Rossi concluded. “It seems like Senator Murray is going down the list of our state’s top employers, and doing as much damage as she can. If Senator Murray is really standing up for Washingtonians, she needs to oppose this latest attempt to score political points and instead push for full extension of the 2001 and 2003 tax relief packages.”

TEXT CREDIT: Rossi for Senate PO Box 50713 Bellevue, WA 98015 Phone: (425) 451-2010 Fax: (425) 451-8160 Contact us by email: info@dinorossi.com

Dino Rossi New Stimulus Sounds Like The Old Stimulus VIDEO

Dino Rossi New Stimulus Sounds Like The Old Stimulus VIDEO

We need to stop the failed experiment if we’re going to get our economy back on track and put people back to work’

Bellevue, WA—This week the White House unveiled a new stimulus proposal which would spend $50 billion on the nation’s infrastructure. U.S. Senate candidate Dino Rossi made the following statement Tuesday regarding the administration’s push for more government stimulus spending:

“The folks in DC are again asking us to trust them, this time saying if we just spend $50 billion more, we’ll get the economy back on track. Well, I don’t believe them and neither do people here in Washington State. This new $50 billion won’t work any better than the trillion plus dollars they’ve already spent.

“Washingtonians are tired of politicians who can’t admit they’re wrong, and this latest stimulus proposal is a perfect example. Sen. Murray and her fellow leaders in Washington, D.C., experimented with a stimulus bill which was meant to target ‘shovel-ready’ projects and sold as a job creation measure. Nineteen months and $1.2 trillion later, the only thing we’ve seen from the last stimulus is rising unemployment and a massive debt. We need to stop the failed experiment if we’re going to get our economy back on track and put people back to work. Congress needs to enact proposals which encourage small businesses to grow, not more government spending which creates more debt.”

According to the Associated Press, the administration’s $50 billion stimulus proposal “wouldn’t create jobs right away.”

TEXT CREDIT: Rossi for Senate PO Box 50713 Bellevue, WA 98015 Phone: (425) 451-2010 Fax: (425) 451-8160 Contact us by email: info@dinorossi.com

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Dino Rossi Whatever Patty Murray tells President Obama will be Too Little, Too Late

Stopped by a lookout on highway 12 outside of Yakima to catch this glimpse of Mt. Rainier. IMAGE By Rossi for Senate Copyright All rights reserved

Rossi: Whatever Patty Murray tells President Obama will be Too Little, Too Late. Bellevue, WA –“Like most elected officials who spend time with the President when he comes to town for political fundraisers, Patty Murray will no doubt spend time afterward touting the important conversations she had with the President about issues facing Washington state, like the cleanup of Hanford or creating jobs.

Unfortunately, for the people of Washington, it’s too late for talk. The damage has already been done by Patty Murray’s votes in the Senate.

“Senator Murray has voted repeatedly for legislation that has destroyed jobs and exploded the debt. She voted for the massive bailouts, the failed stimulus, billions in earmarks, and the job killing health care bill.

“She has failed to advocate for Washington State in regards to the disposal of high level nuclear waste located at Hanford. The President has made it clear he will not allow construction of the national nuclear waste facility at Yucca Mountain to continue as planned, which means the waste at Hanford that has been disposed of according to Yucca’s standards has no place to go. In addition, Sen. Murray allowed three Obama nominees to sail through the Senate, even though they pledged to stall the Yucca Mountain repository and keep nuclear waste in Washington.

“Finally, she has voted against extending the 2001 and 2003 tax relief which is set to expire at the end of the year. Over 2.5 million Washingtonians benefit from this critical tax relief, in the form of the child tax credit, reduction in the marriage penalty, across-the-board reductions in tax rates, including a 10% bracket for lower income families, and lower capital gains and divided taxes that spur job growth.

“At this time in the political season, talk is plentiful, but it is actions we need to evaluate. Senator Murray’s actions in the Senate have spoken much louder than anything she can possibly tell the President while he’s here.”

TEXT CREDIT: Rossi for Senate PO Box 50713 Bellevue, WA 98015 Phone: (425) 451-2010 Fax: (425) 451-8160 Contact us by email: info@dinorossi.com

Dino Rossi for U.S. Senate Dino on the Radio TEXT VIDEO

Bellevue, WA— Thursday, Dino Rossi's campaign for U.S. Senate announced a statewide radio buy featuring the following 60-second ad. FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT

DINO ROSSI: I'm Dino Rossi.

People ask me why I'm running for the US Senate.

Simple. Our country is in trouble. Opportunities are vanishing because of bad decisions in Washington, DC.

Growing up, I was the youngest of seven raised on a schoolteacher's salary.

And, I worked my way through college as a janitor waxing floors at the Space
Needle.

I started out in business with two hundred dollars and an old car.

It wasn't much, but because we live in America, I knew I could chase my
dream.

That's why I can't stand what's going on in the US Senate.

Politicians are wasting money on programs that aren't creating jobs or
helping the economy.

They're running up debt that threatens our future.
That goes against everything I believe.

Washington, DC, needs some adult supervision.

It's time to end earmarks and corporate bailouts, pass a balanced budget
amendment, and stop tax increases on families and small businesses that
create jobs.

I've done it here in Washington, and I'll do it in DC.

I'm Dino Rossi, candidate for US Senate and I approve this message.

Paid for by Rossi for Senate.

TEXT and VIDEO CREDIT: DinoRossiWA