[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5632]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                TAX DAY

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, tax day. Today is a grim day for many 
Americans. It was only last week that the average American taxpayer had 
worked enough days to pay their annual bill, and the current Congress 
is looking to add even more days to that burden.
  In the present Congress alone, taxes have been increased by $670 
billion, and at least 14 new taxes will hit middle-income Americans. At 
the end of the year, the death tax will snap back up to its 2001 level, 
gobbling up family farms and small businesses. Marginal tax rates will 
snap back up to previous levels reducing America's take-home pay. And 
now we hear that the administration may consider a new value added tax 
to pay for the entitlements and increased government spending.
  The simple fact is that more money in the pocket of the government is 
less in the bank accounts of our family businesses.
  Today is a grim tax day. But I worry that 2011 will look much worse 
for the American taxpayer.

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