[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 38 (Tuesday, April 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 12, 1994]
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                            FRIDAY THE 15TH

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, Friday the 13th has always been 
considered a day of bad luck by the superstitious. In fact, there was a 
series of bad movies based on that premise.
  This Friday, however, is a day of bad luck for everyone, and that is 
no superstition. It may not be Friday the 13th, but to the American 
taxpayer it's still a day of bone-chilling horror.
  This April 15th, the first round of the Clinton taxes are due. While 
the IRS is not made up of crazed serial killers, it is under orders 
from the President and the Democratic majority to collect the largest 
tax increase in history. And this forced collection may kill our 
economic recovery.
  Mr. Speaker, Friday the 13th movies were far-fetched horror fantasies 
meant to entertain and scare moviegoers.
  The President's Friday the 15th fiasco is a real life tragedy which 
will hurt the economic growth, punish middle class business owners and 
cause future job losses.

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