CNS Senators Attack Stimulus Package For Lack Of Tax-Cuts

Six senators blame NAT colleagues for 'foolish' stimulus package

MAVOCKE, DMG--A group of Conservative senators is decrying the NAT-sponsored stimulus package, which they say has an "appalling and overt absence" of tax-cuts for middle class families.

Sens. Dana Glow (ARA), Brad Bearns (BIE), John BiGadi (LIA), Nadine Pietrasaelis (NWP), Dick Trau (POG), and Evelynn Blankenship (VER) made a joint appearance at a press conference Thursday attacking the stimulus package and the Nationalists who are pushing the bill through the Senate.

"This foolish bill is hurting Grassadellan families, and it should never have even reached the floor of the House of Delegates," Sen. Blankenship said.

Sen. Glow took issue with the the proposed $615 billion in new spending, by which many federally-launched projects will be funded.

"My concern is how the federal government will pay for these projects. You can't just spend and hope that the money comes in. That's not a very realistic approach," said Glow, an economist and former corporate CEO.

The senators also voiced their opposition to the package's tax hikes on wealthy Grassadellans. The bill calls for an increase in taxes for the top 10% of citizens in the tax bracket system.

"Taxing affluent Grassadellans is not the answer to turning around the economy," Sen. BiGadi said. New Portsmouth Sen. Nadine Pietrasaelis echoed those sentiments, saying "The NAT stimulus package is not only hurting every-day Grassadellans by omitting tax-cuts, it's also punishing innovation and wealth by instating tax increases."

NAT senators blew off the CNS press conference as "more of the same old protect-the-rich game."

"This bill is about rebuilding our economy--an economy that began faltering under a Conservative president--and the only way we can do that is by spending money to stimulate the recovery," Sen. Terry Branlin (WIK) said. "And it's high time that the wealthiest of the wealthy, the highest on the socio-economic ladder, who received unlimited benefits during the Byelle administration...it's high time those people give back to our country."

Collester also fought back at the CNS, saying the party is "looking for a scapegoat" to blame the economy on.

"When you don't have any ideas of your own, you point to your opponent and heap the blame on them," Press Secretary Adam Kolbert said in response to the CNS press conference.

Polls show Grassadellans have mixed feelings about the proposed stimulus package. A poll released yesterday by the GBC shows 47% support the bill while 43% oppose it. The remaining 10% are undecided.

The Senate will continue debate on the stimulus package, and if passed, it will then head to the National Assembly, where it will be debated once again.