[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 52 (Wednesday, April 14, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H2556]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RESPONSIBLE USE OF THE AMERICAN TAX DOLLAR

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, every American must file their 
income taxes by midnight tomorrow, and they understand that the United 
States Congress determines how much of their hard-earned money is taken 
for Federal taxes and how it is spent.
  Since the Democratic majority and the Obama administration have been 
in charge of taxing the American people, we've seen a massive increase 
in taxes of $670 billion and counting. Here are just a few examples:
  Taxes on American families and businesses that don't purchase 
government-approved health care, taxes on medical devices, such as 
pacemakers and artificial limbs, taxes on businesses that provide 
pharmaceutical coverage for retirees, even taxes on those who go to 
tanning salons.
  Yet, with all of these massive tax increases, the Democratic and 
Obama spending spree drove the Federal budget deficit to over $1.4 
trillion last year and has driven it to nearly $1.6 trillion this year. 
To keep this spending spree going, they will be looking for even higher 
taxes. Just recently, one of the President's top economic advisers 
proposed a European-style value added tax that would hit every 
American, rich and poor.
  Enough is enough. It is long past time that this Congress and this 
administration realized that we cannot tax and spend our way back to 
prosperity. How about a tax policy that we can believe in for a change? 
Let's get spending under control and reduce the tax burden on the 
American people.

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