Cliff Stearns: “I say with tongue in cheek that the Republicans celebrate July 4 and the Democrat Party celebrates April 15. For most…”

“I say with tongue in cheek that the Republicans celebrate July 4 and the Democrat Party celebrates April 15. For most Americans, April 15 is a dreaded day. It is a feared day, a day in which taxpayers across the country are concentrating and reflecting on America's most frustrating and complex tax system. So it is altogether appropriate, just before the April 15, we should reflect on our Nation's Tax Code and the problems it imposes upon taxpayers in America. So today we will be considering a most meaningful piece of legislation addressing the shortcoming of the system, the tax limitation amendment which will force Congress to garner a supermajority before approving any tax increase. Tax limitation would require in this House and in the Senate, if adopted, that there be a real consensus to raise taxes. It would take a two-thirds vote, which means we will not have a recurrence of one of the largest tax increases in American history in 1993 with President Clinton and Vice President Gore's proposal.”