[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 52 (Thursday, April 15, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2061]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                TAX DAY

  (Mr. SCHAFFER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHAFFER. Madam Speaker, today is April 15, tax day in America. 
Of course, April 15 is not a day liberals find too offensive. April 15 
is a high holy day for all the social engineers, the central planners, 
and the big government liberals who worship at the altar of 
bureaucracy.
  The fact is, Madam Speaker, for the tax takers, April 15 is a day of 
celebration, a time to muse on the possibilities of other peoples' 
money. It is happy land day for the Democrats. But for the taxpayers, 
April 15 is a day of reckoning, a day to see in black and white just 
what they get for their tax dollars.
  Taxpayers and tax takers, few issues so define the two political 
parties, and signal the root of virtually all political issues in 
Congress. With each passing year the Democrat party becomes more 
liberal. The number of tax takers expands and the proportion of 
taxpayers drops.
  Republicans would like to change this trend. Middle class taxpayers 
deserve some relief. If today is a day Americans celebrate, the 
Democrat party is for them. If today is a day they resent, the 
Republicans are on their side.

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