David Chang, chair of the Hawaii Republican Party, issued a statement today criticizing Gov. Neil Abercrombie‘s proposal to increase the state budget based on a projected surplus.

Press release excerpt:

Where did this surplus come from? From Hawaii’s hard-working families and businesses who had to shoulder an estimated $600 million in additional taxes over these two years, due to the tax increases passed this year by the Abercrombie administration and the legislature.

Chang argues that the administration and the Legislature “should roll-back the tax increases and government should live within its means.”

Gov. Neil Abercrombie, Budget Director Kalbert Young release supplemental budget Dec. 19, 2011.