Reasons 12, 13, and 14 to Dump Chafee
REASON 12: Chafee supports price controls. This is already evidenced by his support for the minimum wage, but he also attacks so-called "price gougers" and voted to allow the government to set prices for prescription drugs purchased by the Medicare program. This would lead to backdoor price controls that would stifle innovation in the drug industry.
Chafee needs to re-take (or take for the first time?) Econ 101 and learn about how supply and demand work.
REASON 13: Chafee voted to give $550 million of taxpayers' money to Amtrak.
REASON 14: Big government thinking in Washington is to punish oil companies for making money by taxing them even harder, which strikes me as ironic. Greedy politicians are attacking "greedy" oil companies for making money by greedily taxing them even more.
But back in 2000, the Senate voted on a bill that would have, according to Congressional Quarterly, suspended "the remainder of the 18.4 cents-per-gallon tax if the national average price of gasoline reaches $2 a gallon. It would provide a similar tax suspension for diesel fuel, kerosene and aviation fuel."
Chafee sided with the Democrats (yet again) and voted NO on ending debate for the bill.
Past Reasons
Reason 15 - Chafee was 'Porker of the Month'...twice!
Reason 16 - Chafee and the Tax Pledge
Reason 17 - Chafee and the Minimum Wage
Reason 18 - Chafee and Incomes Taxes
Reason 19 - Chafee's Liberal Donors
Reason 20 - Chafee a "Centrist Democrat"
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