[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 69 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H3109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              SUPPORT TAKE-HOME PAY INCREASE FOR AMERICANS

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, this year Federal taxes will consume 
almost 22 percent of the Gross Domestic Product, which means the 
Federal tax burden is at an all-time high.
  With the economy strong and the Federal Government running a surplus, 
there is no excuse for taxing the American people at a higher rate than 
was needed to win World War II.
  On the opening day of the 106th Congress, I introduced a bill to cut 
taxes across the board by 10 percent. The plan is the fairest and the 
simplest way to cut taxes because it benefits everybody who pays 
Federal income taxes.
  An across-the-board tax cut would save the average American family 
some $1,000 a year, money they can use for anything, for a down payment 
on a home, or to put aside for retirement. Either way, I know it would 
be better spent and better used by the family who earned it than by the 
Washington bureaucrat who yearns for it.
  I urge my colleagues to support this common sense plan and increase 
the take-home pay of all Americans.

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