Karen Harrington Goes After Wasserman Schultz on Bush Tax Cuts

Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is flying high these days. The vice-chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, Wasserman Schultz has received plenty of national media attention the past few weeks, especially her defense of the existing travel ban of Cuba.

Karen Harrington, the Republican candidate challenging Wasserman Schultz, has her work cut out for her to beat the incumbent but she is showing plenty of pluck -- and an instinct for the attack.

Harrington unleashed her latest volley at Wasserman Schultz on Tuesday as she called for extension of tax cuts backed by George W. Bush in 2001 and 2003.

"All Americans are going to suffer the biggest tax increase in history if Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the Democratic-controlled Congress do not vote to renew tax-rate cuts," said Harrington. "There is not one small-business owner operating in the United States who knows what their tax rate will be as of Jan. 1. Small businesses will not be able to make hiring decisions or determine capital spending in this kind of economic uncertainty.The hard economic reality is that my restaurant business, just like most other small businesses here in South Florida, will unfortunately postpone hiring and expansion decisions until after the beginning of next year.

"If taxes are increased come Jan. 1, the current poor economic climate will become even worse, and the chance that new hiring will take place or that businesses will expand their operations will become far less likely, continued Harrington before going for the jugular. Unfortunately, it is Debbie Wasserman Schultz's ignorance about the way business works that is causing needless uncertainty amongst small businesses and doing great damage to South Florida's economy. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's awards and photo-ops do not help small businesses, and her present inaction on taxes is only doing further damage to the same small businesses that she claims to support. As more people come to understand that Debbie Wasserman Schultz has nothing to offer other than platitudes and policies that are hijacking our economy, the more people will abandon her and her agenda.