[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 97 (Thursday, July 10, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H5026-H5027]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            WE ARE ALL EARS

  (Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, lend me your ear. It looks 
as though the Democrats have been

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taking lessons from Mike Tyson. I say that because Uncle Sam's tax bite 
is too big and the American family is suffering.
  Just take a look at this chart. The tax bite has progressively 
evolved into the Mike Tyson tax. Back in 1950 when my parents were 
starting out and trying to live the American dream, the tax bite was 
only 6 percent of their budget. Did you hear that, Mr. Speaker? Six 
percent of the family budget was sent to Washington, DC.

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  Well, trying to live the American dream has gotten a little bit 
harder over the years. The family budget has been turned on its ear. 
The tax bite today, which can only be called the Mike Tyson tax bite, 
is now 23 percent of the family budget. The Government has only, it is 
23 percent, the Government has earmarked 23 percent of the family 
budget for Washington bureaucrats.
  Let us throw the IRS out of the ring and declare victory for the 
American family. Let us give the American dream a fighting chance.

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