[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 61 (Monday, April 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4042]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


  WE MUST PUT AN END TO OUT-OF-CONTROL GOVERNMENT AND OUT-OF-CONTROL 
                                TAXATION

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, let us resist the temptation of the 
guardian of the failed policy of the past to come up here and offer 
faulty rationalizations for class warfare. Let us talk real facts. And, 
Mr. Speaker, the facts speak for themselves.
  In 1950 the average American family paid 2 percent of its income to 
the Federal Government in taxes. Today, the average American family 
pays 24\1/2\ percent of its income to this Federal Government. 
Something is wrong with this picture.
  For the last generation, this Congress has operated under the false 
assumption that all money belongs to the Federal Government. If a 
person has any money, therefore, it is only because he has obtained it 
from the Government or it is money that has not yet been taxed.
  That is absolutely wrong. With the rise in excessive government and 
excessive taxes have come a true decrease in freedom. Every dollar 
Government takes away in taxes is a dollar less in economic freedom for 
American businesses and families.
  Last November the American people sent a message to this town. 
Republicans heard that message. That is why there will be meaningful 
tax reform for deserving American citizens.

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