Enid Greene Waldholtz says opponent Merrill Cook "has gone negative" in a Cook advertisement running in the current issue of Golden Age, a senior-citizen publication.
"In a mean-spirited, false attack, Merrill Cook accused Waldholtz of planning to raise taxes on senior citizens," says Waldholtz press aide Mike
Levy.After Waldholtz came out with her $500-per-child tax credit, Cook has been saying that there's no way the $36 billion tax cut can be paid for without raising taxes on citizens who don't have minor children, such as the single and the elderly.
Waldholtz denies that she would raise taxes to pay for the family tax break. She says she would cut federal spending by $36 billion and that Cook knows she wouldn't raise taxes and is lying about her tax-cutting program.
"Frightening senior citizens with false claims of Social Security cuts is one of the oldest campaign ploys in Washington," said Waldholtz. "Merrill should be ashamed of himself for trying to scare our elderly citizens."