[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 63 (Wednesday, May 8, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H4535-H4536]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            TAX FREEDOM DAY

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)

[[Page H4536]]

  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, congratulations America. Today you begin to 
work for yourself. Tuesday was tax freedom day. For the previous 4 
months and 7 days, Americans have worked solely to pay local, State, 
and Federal taxes. At last, working Americans are earning money to pay 
the mortgage and clothe the kids.
  For too long, taxes have been piled on the American people because 
liberal politicians believe that they can make better choices with our 
money than we can. The Federal bureaucrats have never trusted our 
citizens to decide what is best for their families and communities. No 
one spends someone else's money as carefully as he spends his own. 
Washington has proven that.
  Americans should be allowed to keep more and do more with their hard-
earned money. The Government must stop taxing them into longer hours 
and second jobs. 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 and family too.

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