[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13883]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                VOICE OF TEXAS, KELLY FROM CROSBY, TEXAS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Texans have shared with me their 
stories about the businesses that they have built without the help of 
the Federal Government.
  Kelly from Crosby, Texas, wrote me this:

       Congressman, you are correct that small business owners 
     carry the full load of government taxes.
       On average, our small $3 million-a-year business pays 35 
     percent in Federal taxes, pays Social Security of 7.45 
     percent, Federal unemployment tax, State franchise tax, 
     school district and real estate property taxes, and I am 
     taxed on the computer used to send this email to you. And the 
     President says I didn't build it? I beg to differ. During the 
     first 3 years, my workweek was 80 hours a week. If the 
     Federal Government's debt of $16 trillion is not brought 
     under control, it will not matter how hard I work, because 
     the dollar's value will be worthless.
       Federal Government, fix your spending problem, and put your 
     House in order because small business is watching and 
     thinking, If I ran my business like you run yours, the bank 
     would foreclose.

  Mr. Speaker, Kelly is correct. Big Government hasn't built America. 
American small business owners have built it--on their own.
  And that's just the way it is.

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