Jim Kolbe: “Today, I am pleased to support another piece of legislation which will let our constituents, especially our middle class…”

“Today, I am pleased to support another piece of legislation which will let our constituents, especially our middle class constituents, keep more of their hard earned paychecks and savings. The money we take as taxes belongs to those who earn it, not to Congress. It is our duty to make sure that we take only that money absolutely necessary to carry out legitimate Federal Government activities. Our citizens know better how to spend their funds than Washington bureaucrats. This bill doesn't complete the job. It is just another down payment-- another bit of a piecemeal approach, but in my view, allowing those who earn the money to keep it is worthwhile whether it be piecemeal or a part of a comprehensive plan to reform the tax code which I hope we see on this floor in the near future. My Democrat colleagues are very disingenuous when they say we're raiding the Social Security trust fund to pay for these tax cuts. For 40 years, they raided the trust fund to pay for new spending on programs that brought power and taxes to Washington.”