Dino Rossi For Governor: "Taxes"

Producer: DMM Media

Running Time: 00:30

Debut Date: 10/23/2008

Ad Buy: Washington

Cost: not available

Summary: The ad juxtaposes comments Gregoire has made about not raising taxes with media reports showing her tax hikes and the state's budget deficit.

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Script of "Taxes" (TV)

DINO ROSSI [v/o]: Paid for by Dino Rossi for Governor, GOP.

CHRISTINE GREGOIRE [on screen]: Now is not the time for us to consider raising taxes.

(Text on screen: 2004)

ANNOUNCER [v/o]: Then she raised taxes.

(Text on screen: "Gregoire signs millions in tax hikes" The News Tribune; May 18th, 2005)

And this year?

CHRISTINE GREGOIRE [on screen]: Now's not the time to be raising taxes.

ANNOUNCER [v/o]: We all know what's next.

(Text on screen: "Washington state is facing a projected $3.2 billion deficit in the 2009-2011 budget" Seattle Post-Intelligencer; September 19th 2008)

It's worse.

CHRISTINE GREGOIRE [on screen]: We need to have some sort of conversion over to a partial income tax.

ANNOUNCER [v/o]: An income tax?

CHRISTINE GREGOIRE [v/o]: It's not as if it's not a good idea.

(Text on screen: Spokesman Review editorial board, 4/24/07)

ANNOUNCER [v/o]: It's a bad idea.

(Text on screen: "State spending rose $8 billion under Gregoire"; the Seattle Times Sunday, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 20th, 2008)

We can't afford Gregoire's taxing and spending.

(Text on screen: Paid for by Dino Rossi For Governor -- GOP)

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