[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 50 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3584]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      AMERICANS DESERVE TAX RELIEF

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, for nearly 4 years now Bill Clinton has 
promised a middle-class tax cut. He promised a tax cut in the 
presidential campaign and he throws the words ``tax cut'' around at 
opportune times. But his actions speak louder than his words.
  By a single vote, Bill Clinton rammed through the last Congress the 
largest tax increase in history. Then, earlier this week, 88 percent of 
his party opposed requiring a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes. 
Increasing taxes on hardworking Americans should be as difficult as 
completing the tax forms.
  What really gets me about Bill Clinton's veto of tax relief is that 
taxes not only hit Americans in the wallet, but also in the home and 
family. The current tax system makes Americans work harder, take second 
jobs, and put in longer hours just to meet their tax burden. Not only 
is the Government taking Americans' money, it is essentially taking the 
precious time they would normally spend playing with their children, 
going to PTA or church functions, or volunteering in their communities. 
Higher taxes have become a tax on free time too.

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