[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9145]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



       NOW IS THE TIME TO PROVIDE TAX RELIEF FOR WORKING FAMILIES

  (Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as an advocate for 
the taxpayers of northeastern Wisconsin. See, today, as my colleagues 
have already heard, is the day when Americans finally stop working for 
the Federal Government and start working for their own families. The 
average American works 131 days just to pay his or her taxes.
  Mr. Speaker, I am sad to report that this year Tax Freedom Day is the 
latest ever.

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  As a matter of fact, Tax Freedom Day has moved back 11 days since 
1993. This is unacceptable, and I believe it is time for this Congress 
to act.
  One of my constituents, Jane Savides of Appleton, recently wrote me 
about the excessive burden of taxes on her family. Jane writes, quote, 
we just put our taxes in the mail today, and as usual we owe the 
government more money. We all have to put food on the table, buy 
clothes and save for college. We have been putting more money away for 
our kids' education, but the more we save for them the more we get hit 
with taxes.
  I could not agree with Jane more. I appeal to my colleagues, now is 
the time to provide real tax relief to families like the Savides 
family. It is time to give all of our constituents true freedom, the 
freedom to earn more money.

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