[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14098]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               TAX RATES

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Madam Speaker, we heard just a few minutes ago a 
repetition of the myth that our friends from the Republican Party tried 
to foist on the American people, the idea that somehow, by restoring 
the pre-Bush tax rates on the wealthiest Americans, we are going to 
impede small business. Well, I come from a family of small business 
people, and I can assure you that nothing is further from the truth.
  I have a brother in the barbecue business. He does very well, makes a 
lot of money. He used to vote Republican because he didn't want to pay 
as much tax. But he called me in 2008 and said, you know, I am starting 
to support Democrats now and I am going to support President Obama. The 
reason is because I realized, finally, that if people can't afford to 
buy barbecue, it doesn't matter what their tax rate is.
  Ladies and gentlemen, the reason we need to restore the tax rates to 
the pre-Bush rates is because we have a way to get this country out of 
deficit. More importantly, the answer to our economic woes is 
rebuilding America, making it in America and restoring our 
manufacturing base and the jobs that come with it so people can afford 
barbecue.

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