[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 14961-14962]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TOP TEN TERRIBLE TAX ACT

  (Mr. TANCREDO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TANCREDO. Mr. Speaker, the House will soon consider legislation 
to

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implement the budget resolution's call for $778 billion in tax relief 
over the next 10 years. While I believe today's complicated and 
cumbersome Tax Code needs to be completely replaced, this will take 
time as the American people debate alternative tax systems. In the 
meantime, we can take a major step toward tax simplification by 
eliminating 10 of the worst taxes in the Tax Code today. We should pull 
these taxes out by their roots, not just reduce them, trim them or cut 
them back or decrease them. This will make it more difficult for them 
ever to grow back again.
  That is why I am introducing the Top Ten Terrible Tax Act today--boy, 
that is quite alliterative--which would completely eliminate 10 of the 
most egregious taxes on the American people, including estate and gift 
taxes, the tax on telephone calls, capital gains taxes and the tax 
increase on Social Security beneficiaries. The American people deserve 
to keep more of their hard-earned money and the Top Ten Terrible Tax 
Act would provide much-needed tangible tax relief to every American.

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