[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 11, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2935]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TAXPAYERS ARE FINALLY FREE OF THE TAXMAN

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, here is a subject we will never hear the 
other side talk about. That is Tax Freedom Day. Tax Freedom Day is the 
day where the taxpayer is finally free of the taxman and is finally 
working for himself or working for herself.
  As of yesterday, the average taxpayer was still working to pay his or 
her taxes, Federal, State and local.
  When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, Tax Freedom Day was April 29, 
according to this chart. The next year, it was April 30; and it was May 
2 the year after that. Last year, it was May 10; and this year it is 
May 11.
  As we can see from this chart, we have come a long way from 1981 when 
it was May 4, before the Reagan tax cuts pushed the day back about a 
week.
  This is not progress, in my book. American taxpayers have less and 
less freedom, and government has more and more power over our lives. 
Tax Freedom Day, it is a concept that puts in stark terms just how much 
of our income we have to send to the government before we are free at 
last. Let us finally cut taxes in this country.

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