[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4773-4774]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TAX AND SPEND HURTS ECONOMY

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, right now Americans are 
feeling the pinch from rising gas prices, health care costs, and food 
prices. There has been a slowdown in the growth of our economy. In 
light of this, it seems downright wrong for Congress to be proposing a 
budget that will raise $683 billion in taxes, the largest tax increase 
in America's history. This will hit 116 million Americans, while 
spending billions more on wasteful government spending.

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  American taxpayers will have to foot this bill if we do not stand up 
and protect their wallets from the Washington tax and spend machine. I 
support the Republican Study Committee budget, a plan that meets the 
needs of the American people, balances the Federal budget by 2012, 
fixes the AMT, addresses the runaway entitlement crisis, and does not 
raise $1 of taxes on hardworking Americans. At a time when Americans 
pay too much at the pump, at the store, and at the hospital, it is 
wrong to ask them to pay more to the government.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th.

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