Jack Kingston: “I ask the American people, are you working harder and harder every day, every month, every year, and having less to show…”

“I ask the American people, are you working harder and harder every day, every month, every year, and having less to show for it? Are you concerned that your children will not be better off than you are? Are you worried that they will not be able to enjoy and share the American dream as we know it? Do you have concerns that big Government, wasteful spending, and big bureaucracy has stolen the American dream? I have those concerns. The Republican Congress and many Members on the Democrat side have those concerns, too. We have worked for a balanced budget. We have worked for commonsense reform of the bureaucracy. We have worked for affordable and accessible health care. We have worked to reduce taxes. It concerns me that President Clinton, when he talked about tax cuts at the Democrat Convention, actually his proposals increased taxes over $64 billion, new dollars. We do not need to increase taxes at this time. The American middle class people need tax relief, not additional taxes. Mr. Speaker, we need to refuse the size of government. We need to reduce spending. We do not need to increase taxes at this time.”