[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 24, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3759]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     STOP JOB-KILLING TAX INCREASES

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, we will not recover from this recession 
unless small business leads the way by growing jobs. A small business 
owner from my district, Paul Robinson of Sterling Critical Products in 
Bloomington, was just in Washington last week. The message he has for 
Congress is that we need to provide incentives and access to capital 
for small business--and we need to make sure that no job-killing tax 
increases are added to their burden.
  The $1.4 trillion tax increase that is on the table in the current 
budget proposal would drive a stake into the heart of our Nation's job 
creators. The proposal to raise taxes on asset creation by 33 percent 
would dry up badly needed capital and keep them from creating jobs.
  My constituents are living within their means and they're cutting 
expenses. They expect Washington to do the same. But this budget spends 
too much, it taxes to much, and it borrows too much.
  In these difficult times, we demand solutions that put people back to 
work. Let's reject these job-killing tax increases and start growing 
jobs now by supporting small business owners like Paul.

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