[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 53 (Thursday, April 15, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E553]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     STOP THE GOVERNMENT EXPANSION

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                           HON. CLIFF STEARNS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 15, 2010

  Mr. STEARNS. Madam Speaker, today is Tax Day and as Americans cut yet 
another check to the federal government, it's time to rise up and say 
stop. Stop the out of control spending that will saddle our children 
and grandchildren with a mountain of IOUs. Stop with all the bailouts 
that leave the American people paying for Wall Street's greed and 
excess. And we must say stop to the trillion-dollar government take 
over of health care.
  Washington spending is now $31,000 per household and in 2008, the 
publicly held debt was 40.8 percent of the GDP. American families are 
having a hard time making ends meet, and yet President Obama and 
congressional Democrats continue to tax and spend without regard. In 
fact, since January 2009, President Obama and congressional Democrats 
have enacted into law gross tax increases totaling more than $670 
billion, more than $2,100 for every American. When will all of this 
madness stop?

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