[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 156 (Saturday, November 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H10353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   MONEY BELONGS TO THOSE WHO EARN IT

  (Mr. ROYCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, on Monday the President called taxpayers 
selfish for wanting to keep more of what they earn. Recently the 
Democrat leader in the Senate, Tom Daschle, said that Americans were 
not overtaxed. The President's deputy press secretary said that support 
of tax relief was based on selfishness.
  Stop the presses, Mr. Speaker. To say that people are shocked would 
be an understatement. Claiming that most people are undertaxed and 
calling Americans selfish is exactly the kind of mindset that make 
people furious at Washington, DC politicians who just do not get it.
  I have a news flash for them. When people work hard to earn more, 
they are not doing it for Washington. They are doing it to feed their 
children, enrich their lives and pursue their own happiness. This is 
the way it should be. Why do the defenders of big government and the 
status quo have such a problem with it? They are in Washington to 
represent their constituents, not tell them how much of their own money 
they can keep.
  Americans are overtaxed. The Tax Foundation found that Americans 
spend more on taxes than food, shelter, and clothing combined.

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