[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14264]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          TAXES, TAXES, TAXES

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, how can America be bankrupt? There are 
airport taxes, highway taxes, excise taxes, estate taxes, gas taxes, 
property taxes, income taxes, sales taxes, luxury taxes, nanny taxes, 
old taxes, new taxes, hidden taxes, inheritance taxes; there is even 
now a tax called a sin tax. I say to my colleagues, no wonder the 
American people are taxed off.
  The truth is that Congress as a Congress that taxes everything 
ultimately will tax freedom and will not balance anything. What is 
next? A budget tax? Is it any wonder that the American people are 
saying, kiss my taxes?
  Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. I yield back the balance of my taxes.

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