[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 39 (Thursday, March 25, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H1485]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HOW MUCH WOULD AMERICANS PAY WITHOUT TAX RELIEF?

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, in the year 2001, 2002, and 2003, we gave the 
American people tax breaks. How much more would American families pay 
without this tax relief? If none of this tax relief had become law, in 
2004, 111 million Americans would be paying an average of $1,586 more 
in taxes; 81 million women would be paying an average of $1,878 more in 
taxes; 49 million married couples would pay, on average, $2,602 more in 
taxes.
  Mr. Speaker, 43 million families with children would be paying an 
average of $2,000 more in taxes; 11 million single women with children 
would be paying an average of $921 more in taxes; 14 million elderly 
individuals would be paying an average of $1,883 more in taxes; 25 
million small businesses would be paying an average of $3,000 more in 
taxes; and nearly 5 million individuals and families who currently have 
no income tax liability would become subject to the income tax. The 
numbers speak for themselves.

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