Jack Kingston: “Our compassion does not rule out common sense, and we have to just put a little bit more common sense in it. Just as we…”

“Our compassion does not rule out common sense, and we have to just put a little bit more common sense in it. Just as we have said, we are going to address this illegal immigration, this English-first issue. This Congress is going to move in that direction. The other thing that we all mention is $26 billion is the direct cost of illegal immigration. There are other indirect costs, but that tax strain is further adding to the third issue that we wanted to discuss. That is the fact that this Congress, this Republican agenda, wants to have for our middle class citizens lower taxes, higher wages and more free time. I am going to show you some of the statistics on taxes, but right now we know that the average middle class family is paying 38 percent of the total household income in taxes, which basically means the second income earner is working for the government. That is just, you know, what is happening. Right now we all work until May 7 to have the tax-free independence. So from January 1 to May 7 every year, people are working just to pay the IRS and State and local taxes. Now, if you add on the cost of government regulations and other taxes, you are going until July 3d for Independence Day.”