[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8408-8409]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     DEMOCRATS WANT TO RAISE TAXES

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the

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House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam Speaker, the Democrats in the campaign 
last fall said they only wanted to raise taxes on the rich. But I think 
it is interesting how they define the rich. Take, for instance, the 
fact that they call for the lowest tax bracket of 10 percent to rise to 
15 percent. Madam Speaker, the rich are not a part of the 10 percent 
bracket.
  They are going to resurrect the marriage penalty tax, costing the 
average married couple $466 a year more in taxes. They are going to cut 
the child tax credit in half, costing 31 million American families more 
in taxes. And if the Democrats are only raising taxes on the rich, it 
does seem that their definition of ``rich'' is anyone who is married or 
has children. In fact, anyone who gets a paycheck.
  They said they only wanted to raise taxes as a last resort. But with 
the budget we will be voting on today, they have just made reservations 
for a long stay, with the American taxpayers footing the nearly $400 
billion bill, the largest tax increase in American history.
  That didn't take long.

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