[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 12, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H3003]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             THE TAX MAN HAS MOVED OUT, BUT NOT SOON ENOUGH

  (Mr. FOSSELLA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOSSELLA. Mr. Speaker, there is a guy who has been living in my 
house from January 1 until yesterday. He has not paid any rent, has not 
paid for food, has not paid for boarding, has not paid for gas. Heck, 
he does not even take us out to dinner. That guy was the tax man. And 
he finally moved out. Each year it gets worse. He overstays his 
welcome.
  Now, I do not mind him stopping by from time to time, but the time 
has come to get him out of my house. And it is not just my house, it is 
every American who pays taxes across this country. Every American who 
works hard every single day and sees less and less of their paycheck 
because of this guy who stays in their house.
  It is unbelievable that we have to work from January 1 to May 11 just 
to pay the tax man. The time has come for broad-based tax cuts for the 
American people so they can have the opportunity and the freedom to 
spend the money as they see fit and to get that unwanted guest out of 
their house.

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