[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 23, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H8110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            SOME ARE STILL PAYING FOR THE 1993 TAX INCREASE

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, I do not know how many other people are 
in the same situation I am, but when taxes went up in 1993, and of 
course nobody talks about the tax increase, but a lot of us are with 
the people that gave you the choice: You can pay up immediately or you 
can spread it out over 3 years.
  I just got a notice from the Internal Revenue Service that my third 
payment on the increase in taxes that were passed in 1993 was due. How 
many people in this country today are now paying, finally, the ultimate 
increase in taxes that was passed in 1993?
  If the American people were to stop and think about the notice that 
they got in the mail saying ``Pay up, 1993 is now due,'' I think we 
would have a whole bunch of people recognize that that increase in 
taxes in 1993 ran over a long period of time and some of us are still 
paying.

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