[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 804-805]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              THE NOVEMBER MEMO AND THE STATE OF THE UNION

  (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, the President addresses the Union 
tonight, promising more government, more spending, and more taxes.
  Obviously the President did not read the November memo from America. 
The majority of the Union rejected the President's policies in the 
election of persistent Big Government.

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  King George III and the British imposed the Stamp Act 250 years ago 
this year. The colonists decried the new tax.
  Higher taxes and more confiscation of property and wealth is not a 
sound solution; after all, taxes are already too high; after all, 
revenue into the Federal coffers is at a record level; after all, 
Americans are already hammered by ObamaCare taxes; and after all, 
raising taxes is not a proven economic theory to grow the economy. We 
need less tax. We should consider the fair tax that does not 
discriminate in taxation.
  The President should remember history and not follow the old failed 
policy of King George III of more taxes but should pivot the Union to 
less taxation, less government, and more freedom for our citizens.
  And that is just the way it is.

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