[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 42 (Thursday, April 10, 1997)]
[House]
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              TEN REASONS WHY CONGRESS MUST PASS A TAX CUT

  (Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I have an apology to make 
this morning. I need to apologize because I at the moment can only 
think of 10 good reasons why Congress must absolutely pass a tax cut.
  No. 1, I promised my constituents that I would; No. 2, I am not 
satisfied with the current economic growth rate; No. 3, cutting taxes 
will take power away from Washington and put more power into the hands 
of workers; No. 4, fundamentally I believe that people know better how 
to spend their own money than do politicians in Washington; No. 5, the 
current tax burden is 39 percent of income for an average family, and 
it is way too high; No. 6, I do not think it is fair that workers 
should have to hand over almost one-third or more of their income to 
the Government that wastes it on failed social programs; No. 7, higher 
take-home pay means workers will not have to work as much overtime, 
which means that workers will have more free time; No. 8, more workers 
will be able to take a vacation this year; and No. 9, more Americans 
will be able to start paying off those credit card debts; and No. 10, 
it is the right thing to do.

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