Carl Zimmermann does NOT want a state income tax!
Contrary to recent television commercials and mailers sent out by Peter Nehr and the Republican Party of Florida that accuse Carl of supporting an income tax, Carl Zimmermann absolutely does not endorse or support such ideas.
Weaving the lie, Nehr bases his attacks on a question that was asked to Carl in June of this year. The question was posed to Carl was if he would support swapping all sales tax and property tax for a “progressive income tax”.
Carl’s response was: “is that the latest wacky idea?” People may recall that the members of the state Legislature had recently (at the time) proposed abolishing property taxes and replacing them with a much larger state sales tax. Carl, in the interview in question, went on to say that while an income tax is a progressive tax and the other taxes are regressive taxes, all the money in the world would not get more than 30% of the voters to approve it — a fact that would kill any and all tax measures at the polls. Carl went on to declare the need for the state to concentrate on solving problems now.
Peter Nehr’s accusations distort the facts and warp the context in effort to make sure voters don’t notice his lack of answer to the questions district residents face.
