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Love: Tax hike would hurt small business
Published Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Photo by Matt Clower
Jay Love speaks to Brundidge Rotary Club members on Wednesday.
State Rep. Jay Love, the Republican candidate for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, said cutting taxes and supporting small businesses will help stabilize the economy.
“Small and medium sized businesses are the economic engines of this country, they provide 80 percent of the jobs” Love said in a speech Wednesday before members of the Brundidge Rotary Club.
A tax increase for people making more than $250,000 a year would hurt many business owners, Love said, and an increase in the capital gains tax “make it difficult for businesses to compete globally.”
Love is a former owner of 16 Subway franchises in the Montgomery area and told Rotary Club members he would take his experience as a business owner to Washington.
“We need an aggressive tax policy that encourages investment in this country,” Love said. “I think we can cut taxes and the economy with grow.”
Love is vying for the 2nd District House seat against Democrat Bobby Bright, the mayor of Montgomery.
Noting the strong role of the military in the district, Love said if he elected, he has been promised by Republican House leadership a position on the Armed Service Committee.
“I am very committed to making sure the military missions of Ft. Rucker and Maxwell Air Force Base stay secure,” Love said.
Love said he also anticipates serving on the House agriculture committee if elected. Encouraging domestic food production, and discouraging reliance on foreign food sources , “is a national security issue,” Love said.
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Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on October 29, 2008 at 11:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
funny, Love voted to raise taxes several times and voted against making exxon mobile paying taxes to alabama for oil they got off our shore... even made baldwin and mobile county pay 12 million dollars back to exxon mobile... good job Jay Love, keep being corporate and taking money away from Alabama... you know, i mean really who needs it? Apparently the state of Alabama doesnt need it as much as Exxon Mobile.
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on October 30, 2008 at 12:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Really now? So our Governor Bob Riley is an idiot as well? I am honored to be listed as such an idiot to be in the same group as MY Governor Riley.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahy4okIPr...
Now once you watch what Riley says about Love and the vote they placed... come back and talk too me, til you understand what you are talking about... please refrain from trying to pretend you know what you are talking about. :)
Posted by route29 (anonymous) on October 30, 2008 at 6:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Shifting, wasn't it your Governor who supported the largest tax increase in Alabama history during his first year in office? The same one you're criticizing Jay Love for supporting?
Good to hear a congressional candidate actually talk about some issues for a change.
Posted by Showdown2 (anonymous) on October 30, 2008 at 6:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Based on what I read Exxon Mobil does pay a severance tax to Alabama. Riley just wanted to change the way it was calculated. Riley's bill was voted against 11-4. Of course Riley is coming down on those who voted against the bill because it was HIS bill. Lastly, again, Love had nothing to do with the repayment that Mobile and Baldwin counties must make. That was ordered by a judge and dealt with taxes received from 1992-2000. This is what I was referring to. Whether the committee voted for or against the bill, those taxes would still have to be refunded.
Oh and it is Exxon Mobil not Exxon Mobile. They are not a cell phone provider.
And to ghost_of_christmas_past (who I suspect an alt account of shiftingshadows), that's the facts, and if you will bother to actually read the previous comments, you will see that I am not voting for Love. Yeah, so STFU dumbass.
Posted by Thunderstick (anonymous) on October 30, 2008 at 7:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What does STFU mean? Sir Thunderstick Freaking Unbelievable?
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on October 30, 2008 at 9:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
wow at the immaturity still being shown by showdown.... so Riley LIED about them making Mobile and Baldwin County pay back? righttt BOB RILEY LIED TO US JUST TO MAKE JAY LOVE AND THE OTHERS LOOK BAD? hahaha you aren't very good at this game buddy.... and you are the only one that spelled exxon mobile like "exxon mobil" You spelled it wrong several times, i never missed the spelling... check yourself kid.
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on October 31, 2008 at 9:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)
OH EM GEE I WANNA BE LIKE SHOWDOWN WHEN I GROW UP... I WANNA KNOW ALL ABOUT POLITICS AND KNOW ALL ABOUT BOB RILEY'S LIES AND HOW TO SPELL BOB RILEY CORRECTLY OH EM GEE I WISH I COULD BE LIKE SHOWDOWN THE KID ON TROY MESSENGER BLOGS OH EM GEE!!! haha right... Now back to the facts, Bob Riley is the one going out of party lines by not being for corporate exxon! Love and his other republican buddies are deep in corporate bull crap... So yeah, according to mr. iknoweverything showdown, Bob Riley lied to everyone... according to the facts, Jay Love lied to everyone, and according to the facts, Mr. Iknoweverything Showdown has no clue what he is talking about. OH EM GEE I WANNA BE A SMART ONLINE BLOGGER LIKE HIM ONE DAY!! poor kid.
Posted by WDM (anonymous) on October 31, 2008 at 2:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
TO:shiftingshadows and showdown,I know before I post this that I will get some kind of smart --- reply but I am asking the both of you to please take this crap to a chat room or somewhere other than this forum.the Mess.disabled the comments last night because of the two of you going at each other.You sound like jerky and TVOR just under different usernames. Up untill yesterday most of us were finnaly enjoying this forum.Thank you
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