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VO: I’m Mia Love, and I approve Given the recent reports about improper fundraising, one must
this message. wonder how these ads are being funded.

Rep. Mia Love's campaign admits to improperly raising primary

election funds, CNN, 9/10/2018
Rep. Mia Love's campaign has informed the Federal
Election Commission that it will refund or redesignate less
than half of what the government says was more than a
million dollars improperly raised for a primary that was
never expected to happen, according to documents
reviewed by CNN…

The FEC's letter to Love's campaign described the problem

with the primary funds and said the contributions would
have to be refunded or designated for the general election.
Redesignation is a process in which funds can be moved to
a general election fund, so long as it is done within 60 days
of receiving the contribution.

But all of the donations to Love were made more than 60

days ago.

McAdams repeatedly As Mayor Ben has lowered property taxes every year as part of a
supported higher taxes bipartisan budget process.

Passenger: Ben is not my friend

Salt Lake County Wide Property Tax Rates 2003-2018

Year Tax Rate

FY2013 0.00318

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 Ben's first budget→ FY2014 0.003036
FY2015 0.002807
FY2016 0.002628
FY2017 0.002482
FY2018 0.00225

Elected in 2012 and sworn in January 2013, Ben’s first budget was
passed in 2013 for fiscal year 2014.

2014 Budget
Salt Lake Tribune, 11/27/2013
The Salt Lake County Council stuck pretty closely to
Democratic Mayor Ben McAdams' proposed $870 million
budget for 2014, one that doesn't require a tax increase…
After some teeth-gnashing, the council unanimously
agreed this was a budget they could present to the public

2015 Budget
Salt Lake Tribune, 11/25/2014
Salt Lake County Council members found little to quibble
with in Mayor Ben McAdams' proposed $1.1 billion budget
for 2015… In sticking close to the mayor, the council is
putting forth a budget that does not have a tax increase

2016 Budget
Salt Lake Tribune, 10/26/2015
"I'm not willing to propose a tax increase this year,"
McAdams said. "It's up to the County Council, but I don't
suspect they do either."

2017 Budget
Salt Lake Tribune, 10/26/2016
Mayor Ben McAdams proposed a $1.2 billion Salt Lake
County budget for 2017 that avoids a tax increase while
continuing the county's role in promoting criminal-justice
reform and reducing homelessness.

2018 Budget
Salt Lake Tribune, 12/19/2017
“The budget passed with bipartisan support; I’m happy to
have that,” McAdams said after the vote. “The budget is
sound, we accomplished all of our priorities without raising
taxes, it’s respectable work.”

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VO: And McAdams opposed tax
cuts for Utahns this year
Passenger: It’s a bumpy ride on
Ben’s bus
VO: McAdams added four
aides, each one with a $185,000
annual salary
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Ben McAdams supports fiscally responsible and permeant tax cuts
for the middle class, not $1.9 trillion in deficit spending to give 83%
of the benefits to the top 1% when fully implemented. Love’s bill
will raise taxes on 53% of Americans while blowing up the debt.
“The Republican tax bill got worse: now the top 1% gets 83% of the
gains,” Matthews, Vox, 12/18/2017
By 2027, more than half of all Americans — 53 percent —
would pay more in taxes under the tax bill agreed to by
House and Senate Republicans, a new analysis by the Tax
Policy Center finds. That year, 82.8 percent of the bill’s
benefit would go to the top 1 percent, up from 62.1 under
the Senate bill.
“GOP tax law will add $1.9 trillion to debt: CBO,” Elis, The Hill,
4/9/18
The GOP's signature tax law is projected to increase the
national debt by $1.9 trillion between 2018 and 2028,
according to a new report by the Congressional Budget
Office (CBO).
McAdams did so without hiring any new staff but rather
realigned and streamlined the organizational structure using
existing employees.
The change had no fiscal impact in 2017 and $5,722 impact in
FY 2018.
The proposal was unanimously approved by the 9-member
County Council in April 2017 and it has helped employees and
the public realize even higher levels of service from county
government.
Passenger: Ben really took us
for a ride

Passenger: Hey, I wanna get off

this bus, too!

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