[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4114-H4115]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                             CUT TAXES NOW

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, the debate on the contract's tax cuts 
proves one thing: The Democrat Party believes that taxpayers exist to 
serve the Government monster and they believe that the privilege of 
making and keeping your own money is a favor Washington hands out from 
time to time. That is the difference between the minority party and the 
new Republicans: We believe that the taxpayers come first--not the 
Government.
  Mr. Speaker, the total tax burden on a family with a median income of 
$50,000 is about $26,000, an incredible 50 
[[Page H4115]] percent of their earnings; 50 percent of the money 
earned by the people in my rural district goes to pay for those who 
will not work. It goes to dumbed-down schools, and it feeds Uncle Sam's 
fat bureaucrats.
  When the largest expense people in my district pay is taxes--and not 
food, shelter, medical care, and college for their children--that is an 
atrocity.
  Mr. Speaker, let us finally do something right for working people. 
Let us cut taxes now.

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