[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 17, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        THE REPUBLICAN TAX SCAM

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, as the corporations, the 
wealthy, and the well-connected enjoy lavish tax cuts, while retaining 
the ability to avoid paying any taxes whatsoever because of the many 
tax loopholes still in the Tax Code, millions of low- and middle-income 
Americans work diligently to complete their tax returns today.
  The Republican tax scam has made the rich even richer, while economic 
inequality in America has gotten a whole lot worse. Sadly, most 
Americans say they have seen no change in their withholding taxes.
  While the wealthy are reaping massive windfalls from the giveaways in 
the GOP tax scam, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates 
that this tax scam will cause the annual deficit to soar to over $1 
trillion in 2020, and an additional $3.4 trillion will be added to the 
national debt over the next 10 years.
  Ending deficit spending and reducing the Federal debt is what 
Republicans have always claimed they were about, but we see now, with 
Republicans in total control, that they have misled us.
  It is time to put this scam to bed, Mr. Speaker, and bring new order 
to this House. Shame on the Republicans.

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