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




                                TAX DAY

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, today the tax man cometh, and the tax 
man taketh away on this very day. The American people circle this on 
our calendar. We look forward to it with dread because we know that 
this is the day that the money goes in to feed an inefficient and 
ineffective, many times, Federal Government.
  The current Congress has voted for tax increases at every single 
turn. They voted for more spending while eliminating tax reductions for 
middle-class American families. They are getting rid of the deductions 
that have helped jump start the economy. The simple truth is that 
liberals want to take more money out of your pocket and put it into the 
Federal Government.
  In my State, my fellow Tennesseans can expect to pay more than $2,600 
per year in coming years, thanks to the hold-on-to-your-wallet Congress 
that is in action today.
  My colleagues and I at the Republican Study Committee have recently 
proposed a taxpayer bill of rights that protects the taxpayer.
  It includes:
  1. The right to have a Federal Government that does not grow beyond 
their ability to pay for it.
  2. The right to receive back each dollar that they entrust to the 
Government for their retirement.
  3. The right to expect the Government to balance the budget without 
having their taxes raised.
  4. And the right to have a right to a simple, fair tax code that they 
can understand.

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