[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10755]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HIGHER TAXES KILL JOBS

  (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, sadly, with the 
unemployment rate rising on Friday, today's Investor's Business Daily's 
lead editorial is correct: With unemployment now at 9.2 percent and job 
growth at a standstill, is there anyone not blinded by ideology or rank 
partnership who can't see that Obama's spend-and-regulate economic plan 
has been an utter failure?'' Citing that the unemployment rate has 
dipped below 9 percent in only 5 of the President's 29 months in 
office, the verdict is clear: ``No President since the Great Depression 
can match that record of failure.''
  On Friday, The Hill proclaimed the President's campaign responds that 
people won't vote based on the unemployment rate. I believe the 
American people know better. Even worse, now liberals are pushing 
harder for tax increases that will kill jobs. Liberals do not 
understand, as The Lexington County Chronicle explained, people's 
income belongs to them and does not belong to the government. Tax 
increases hurt small businesses and kill jobs.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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