Connie Mack: “Mr. President, my job as chairman of the Joint Economic Committee is to help Congress stay focused on the right policies…”

“Mr. President, my job as chairman of the Joint Economic Committee is to help Congress stay focused on the right policies to keep the U.S. economy energized. What that comes down to is finding ways to make sure Washington does less of what today it does most--tax, spend, and regulate--in order to let the American people do more of what they do best--which is to build, create and innovate. With that in mind, I instructed the JEC staff to focus on creating a tax plan that would accomplish three goals: first, provide tax relief for all American income taxpayers; second, promote even stronger economic growth; and third, ensure continued technological leadership in the 21st century. The plan I would like to talk about today accomplishes these three goals, and does so within the parameters of the on-budget surplus as estimated in this year's budget resolution. It does not use one penny from the Social Security surplus. As Ronald Reagan once said, when he was defining a taxpayer--``that's someone who works for the Federal Government but doesn't have to take a civil service examination.''”