[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H229]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    VOLUNTARY TAXES ARE SELDOM PAID

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, the Internal Revenue Code allows individuals 
who feel they aren't taxed enough to make voluntary contributions to 
the U.S. Treasury. Unsurprisingly, this provision is seldom used. My 
Democrat colleagues should have considered this fact when drafting 
ObamaCare.
  The public is beginning to take note of what Republicans have been 
pointing out for years: young people who sign up for ObamaCare are 
taking on what amounts to a voluntary, stealth tax in order to 
subsidize older enrollees. As the initial numbers come in, it is clear 
that this voluntary tax on youth will fare no better than the optional 
taxes already in law.
  Mr. Speaker, ObamaCare will crumble--and should crumble--not because 
of bad Web site design or because Republicans don't like it, but 
because it is a flawed law built on a foundation of unsound policy 
presumptions.

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