Sam Gibbons: “Mr. Speaker, America needs this tax limitation amendment. Why? Well, this year, millions of Americans, hardworking…”

“Mr. Speaker, America needs this tax limitation amendment. Why? Well, this year, millions of Americans, hardworking, tax-paying Americans will be plagued by ``intaxication.'' What is intaxication? Well, if it were in the dictionary, intaxication would be defined by a euphoria experienced by getting a tax refund, well, a euphoria which lasts only until one realizes that it was one's money to start with. This Congress has a duty to make it harder to raise taxes while ensuring a more responsible Federal budget. Why? Because we owe that type of accountability, we owe that responsibility to the hardworking American taxpayer when we take their money. Let me give my colleagues a little history in my own State of Nevada. In 1994, I helped bring Nevada into the 21st Century with its own tax limitation amendment requiring a two-thirds supermajority vote. Why was that necessary? Because the left-wing liberal Democrats in the House in Nevada would not allow for an amendment to be passed, like they are doing here in this body.”