[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8999-9000]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                TAX DAY

  (Mr. BRADY of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)

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  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, our prayers are with the Virginia 
Tech families as well.
  Paying tax is bad enough, but the time it takes to figure them out, I 
think, is almost worse. You should not need an accountant to do your 
taxes or live in fear of making an honest mistake.
  For our children's sake, we need to sunset this Tax Code and replace 
it with something far simpler, like a flat tax or, my choice, a retail 
sales tax. Can you imagine never having to fill out a tax form again in 
your life? Can you imagine having the IRS completely and totally out of 
your life?
  Let's not forget we need to keep taxes low. Tax Freedom Day for Texas 
families is this Thursday. That is the first day since New Year's that 
Texas families will begin working for themselves, not for the 
government.
  My constituents are worried that the new Democrat budget allows 
President Bush's tax relief to expire, which would raise taxes $2,700 a 
year on our families. Washington needs to tighten its belt before it 
demands that our families tighten theirs.

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