[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 100 (Tuesday, July 15, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5194]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                              TAX FAIRNESS

  (Ms. PRYCE of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I would like to talk about tax 
fairness. I do not think that it is fair that the Government waste so 
much of our money.
  I do not think it is fair that people have to pay between a quarter 
and a half of all the money that they earn to the Government, the same 
government that turns around and wastes it on massive programs that 
barely work. I also do not think it is fair when I think about how much 
prior generations paid in taxes compared to how much we have to pay in 
taxes.
  Back in 1950, the average family paid less than 5 percent of its 
income in taxes to the Federal Government. Now that same family pays 
over a quarter of everything that it earns. When we add up all the 
State taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, all the other taxes, families 
are paying nearly half of what they earn to the Government. It just 
seems like the Government is not doing much with it. We are becoming 
less and less accountable every year.
  I just do not think it is fair. We are going to change it. Support 
tax relief for American families.

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