Political Quotes

“He just gave me a thumbs up. We have got three votes. We are on a roll. This could be almost a telethon. We are talking about building a vote for a tax limitation amendment. The gentleman from Texas mentioned earlier the effect of this, but I want to repeat that particular sentiment in some of those statistics. Well, 14 States have adopted in their own Constitutions a tax limitation amendment. Some studies have been done on those States that have had tax limitation for a number of years. What those studies show is that government and government spending grow at a slower pace in those States than in States without tax limitation. Interestingly, in case you say, 'Well, so what, we have slowed the growth of Congress, I am not so concerned about that, Congressman, I am interested in my job,' the flip side of that, in tax limitation States, States that have adopted a tax limitation amendment at the State level, the private economy and the number of jobs, the employment rate grows faster than in non-tax limitation States. I know it is hard sometimes for the audience, for our colleagues out there listening, to absorb statistics, but I am going to read through them very importantly in a slow fashion so that people can get them. In tax limitation States taxes grow more slowly than in non-tax limitation States, and spending grows more slowly. As a matter of fact, in tax limitation States over a 12-year period taxes increased by 102 percent.”