Phoenix - Jeff DeWit, CEO/Investment Professional and candidate
for Arizona State Treasurer, applauds the Arizona Republic for acknowledging the
accuracy of his statement that both Hallman and Pullen have supported tax
increases.
“BOTTOM
LINE: DeWit is accurate in saying Pullen and Hallman supported tax
increases.” and “Both have… supported
the expansion of medicaid under the law.”
-Arizona Republic, Sunday August 10th, 2014
“As I have said from day one of my campaign, I am running to represent all Arizona voters and to protect their tax dollars. The first step in this is being honest about bad policies,” said DeWit.
The recent fact check done by the Arizona Republic was a
two-part check on statements DeWit made during the Politics Unplugged televised
Treasurer’s debate. The first point was that his opponents, Hallman and Pullen,
supported tax increases, which was proven to be correct.
On the second point, the Republic said that while Pullen
and Hallman support the expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare and that “Medicaid
expansion and the Affordable Care Act are related,” that it may be a stretch to
say they support Obamacare in general.
But the Medicaid expansion, which they both favored, and
Pullen championed, is an integral part of Obamacare. Title II, Subtitle A,
Section 2001 of the Affordable Care shows that the expansion is a critical part
of its implementation. And by supporting Obamacare through the expansion, it
has opened our state up to the shackles of the Federal Government involving
itself in our health care system.
“We have all heard the horror stories of the impact that
Obamacare is having on the American people. In the long run this is not good for
Arizona and will put a financial burden on the people of Arizona,” said
DeWit.
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