More Than a Week and Still No Answers from Out of Touch Millionaire Burns on Jobs

By CRITZ FOR CONGRESS

Johnstown – It has now been eight days since the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called out millionaire Republican Tim Burns for ducking questions about his company cutting jobs in Western Pennsylvania, but the out of touch millionaire has remained radio silent on the issue. Further, with only 22 days until Election Day, Burns is still refusing to answer for his company taking advantage of loopholes that allows them to get tax breaks for doing business overseas.

“8 days later and Burns continues to hide from voters,” said Holly Shulman, Critz for Congress spokeswoman. “Tim Burns needs to come out of hiding and come clean about why his business cut jobs in Western Pennsylvania and abused a tax loophole to create jobs overseas.”

“Voters will be making a very important decision on May 18th, and Western Pennsylvanians deserve to know where Tim Burns stands on the issue that matters most – jobs.”

BACKGROUND: According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, when asked about whether the multi-million dollar sale of his software corporation was responsible for job losses, Burns “ducks the issue of whether any jobs were lost in the shift.” [Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 4/18/2010]

Burns’ company was taking advantage of a loophole in the tax code that allowed his company to skip out on paying taxes while they created jobs overseas. [The Hill, 4/12/2010]

Despite the fact that TechRx employees could be laid off after the company was sold to NDCHealth, Burns supported selling the company to get rich. [Pittsburgh Business Times, 5/31/02]

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