[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 30 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      APRIL 15 TAX FILING DEADLINE

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, while millions of Americans took time out 
last Sunday night to either defend or condemn the President's job 
interviewing techniques, the clock kept right on ticking towards that 
April 15 deadline. That is right, Mr. Speaker, I am talking about the 
April 15 tax filing deadline, a National day of reckoning for taxpayers 
across the Nation.
  Most Americans tend to put off their tax filing because it is such an 
unpleasant task. Do my colleagues realize that Tax Freedom Day this 
year is May 9, which means that everything they earn until May 9 goes 
to Washington and only after that are they entitled to the fruits of 
their labor?
  The Tax Code is so complex that millions of Americans need to pay for 
professional help just to figure out how much they owe. Mr. Speaker, 
Washington is giving the taxpayers of this Nation a lousy deal. 
Washington wastes too much of the taxpayers' money and then adds insult 
to injury by making it almost impossible to figure out how much this 
Government is going to fleece them for. It is taxpayer abuse, plain and 
simple.

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