[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 98 (Friday, July 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5136]
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                        THE MIKE TYSON TAX BITE

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, lend me your ear.
  Uncle Sam's tax bite has gotten so overbearing that not even Mike 
Tyson could defend himself. Taxpayers everywhere are so outraged that 
some are calling it the Mike Tyson tax bite. Hard-bitten taxpayers who 
call up the IRS to complain sure do get an earful.
  Mr. Speaker, I think it is time for taxpayers to bite back. Uncle 
Sam's relentless drive to take an ever greater bite out of the family 
budget is an insult to taxpayers everywhere who want to pay their fair 
share but think that Mike Tyson tactics are over the line.
  Uncle Sam's tax bite is more than just irritating. It is downright 
offensive to the spirit of fair play.
  It is time to put a stop to Uncle Sam's ear-isistible urge to rip off 
a huge chunk from the family paycheck. Taxpayers and Congress should 
not allow such barbaric behavior to continue. It is time for the 
taxpayers to stand up and declare, ``No mas.'' It is time for tax 
relief for working Americans.

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