[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 18, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3530]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         BUDGET TAXES TOO MUCH

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, this is budget time again, and this budget 
proposed by the administration has some very major flaws in it. It 
creates a greater tax burden on the American people, among other 
things. The budget calls for a $637 billion tax increase for the 
majority of small businesses that pay taxes as individuals.
  The cap-and-tax program, not the cap-and-trade but cap-and-tax 
program, will increase taxes conservatively by $646 billion on energy 
to every household in America. These households can expect to pay more 
than $3,000 a year extra on their utility bills. This is money taken 
directly out of the pockets of working families struggling to pay bills 
each month.
  This budget also caps the value of itemized deductions for those with 
higher incomes and really middle-class incomes, reducing charitable 
giving by $9 billion a year which will devastate charities.
  Finally, this budget reinstates the death tax which has been found to 
lower overall employment by $1.5 million.
  This budget spends too much, wastes too much, and taxes too much.

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