[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 41 (Monday, March 9, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     THE HUNGRY BEAST OF GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, if you tax something, you get less of 
it. In other words, when the almighty Federal Government swoops in and 
taxes someone or something, it stifles growth, production, and the 
incentive to work.
  The number one producer of jobs in America is not the government, not 
large corporations, but small business. Most are owned by individuals, 
real people who hire other real people.
  The new income tax hike is aimed right at these individuals, and the 
effect will be bad for jobs and the economy. It's the administration's 
way of punishing success. Small business owners have told me they 
aren't going to expand because they do not want to get in the higher 
tax bracket. Some have told me they're going to downsize to pay the new 
tax increase. That means, in simple terms, lay people off.
  Why work hard and expand? The more you work, the higher percent of 
taxes taken from you by the hungry beast of government. No one should 
have their taxes raised during a recession, but the new economic 
recovery plan is: If it moves, regulate it; if it keeps moving, tax it; 
and if it stops moving, subsidize it.
  And that's just the way it is.

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