Despite Congresswoman Katherine Harris' recent attempts to paint him as an enemy of the taxpayer, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said Florida voters are not buying his opponent's rhetoric.

"I have voted over 80 times for cutting taxes," Nelson said in an interview with The Herald. "It's just not the tax cuts that she likes. It is not the tax cuts that have taken us from a position of surplus in the federal budget into an enormous deficit."

"I believe the tax cuts that I supported were much more reasonable and fiscally conservative tax cuts," Nelson said. "In contrast, she has come out in favor of the Fair Tax, which is a national sales tax. The net effect of the Fair Tax, according to independent tax commissions, is that it would cause an additional $4,000 of taxes per year for the average taxpayer.

"Ninety-five percent of the taxpayers will be paying more taxes under this national sales tax than under the existing tax system," Nelson added.

By adopting the Fair Tax proposal, households across the country would be able to save money because citizens could control the amount of taxes they pay by limiting the amount of money spent, said Jennifer Marks, spokeswoman for Harris.

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