On the recordOctober 21, 2003
I wish to repeat that the working families we are talking about pay taxes. They pay their employment taxes, their payroll taxes, they pay local sales taxes, they pay property taxes and franchise taxes, sometimes. They are taxpayers. They earn a living, and they are the backbone of this Nation. Mr. Speaker, according to the Citizens for Tax Justice, the child tax bill passed on June 12, 2003, by the House Republicans, would give almost two and a half times more to families with children under 17 that have incomes above $104,000 than it would give to families making less than $28,000 a year. This is just bad policy, and this motion to instruct will correct that bad policy. And I ask that my colleagues vote ``yes'' on this motion to instruct.
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