[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 15, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1000]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   INCOME TAX BUSINESS OUT OF CONTROL

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, the income tax business is out of 
control.
  Check this out. Steve and Heidi Salashi of Monroe Falls, Ohio, failed 
to file a 1997 income tax return with the City. The reason they did so 
is they only owed 19 cents. Nineteen cents.
  Now, if that is not enough to bust your bunions, the City of Monroe 
Falls took them to court. They face 6 months in jail and a thousand-
dollar fine because they even lost the record of the Salashi family, 
which included, Mr. Speaker, a $25 late fee.
  Beam me up. Mr. Speaker, it is time to put a dagger in the heart of 
income taxes. Our Tax Code is so heavy it would give a King Kong 
gorilla a hernia.
  I yield back the anguish of the American taxpayers.

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