[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 149 (Tuesday, November 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H7457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EXTEND ALL TAX CUTS

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, in just a few weeks, the Obama tax hike 
time bomb, otherwise known as the expiration of the current tax cuts, 
will explode, resulting in the highest single tax increase in U.S. 
history.
  For some, it is tempting to accept the argument that increasing taxes 
on upper incomes and small businesses will solve our deficit problems. 
However, any clear-thinking American knows that confiscating more money 
from Americans through taxes to feed a rapidly growing government will 
only lead to a continued death spiral of increased taxes and expanding 
government. Ultimately, we will have a shrinking private sector and 
fewer jobs.
  Mr. Speaker, on November 2, the American people spoke loudly, and 
they said that we are in desperate need of reform in the way this 
government does its business. To that end, let me suggest that instead 
of making tax cuts temporary and spending permanent, that we make tax 
cuts permanent and spending temporary. It is time for Congress and the 
President to put the American people first and extend permanently all 
of the current tax cuts for families and small businesses in order to 
make this economy sound for generations to come.

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