Jack Kingston: “as I travel around the first district of Georgia I meet a lot of people--in Savannah, Brunswick, Statesboro and also in…”

“as I travel around the first district of Georgia I meet a lot of people--in Savannah, Brunswick, Statesboro and also in the smaller towns like Odum, Reidsville, Glennville--and basically wherever I am having town meetings, they are always asking the same questions; Why are so many families across America struggling to keep their heads above water? Why are Americans working harder and harder and having less to show for it? Why is it that many people, many families, have to have two jobs just to make ends meet? I think we can summarize everything in two words: the tax trap. It is simple to explain. It is simply this: the harder you work, the more taxes Washington makes you pay. The more taxes you pay, the longer and harder you have to work. You end up working harder and longer, and Washington ends up with more but you end up with less. It is like the old doodle bugs we used to catch when we were kids, Mr. Speaker. The doodle bug builds a cylindrical trap. Ants come walking by and they fall into the cylindrical trap, and then they try to dig themselves out. The harder the ant digs, the more dirt falls on the ant. Then that doodle bug is just sitting there with his pinchers ready and his mouth wide open, and when that ant is exhausted, the doodle bug comes up, grabs him, and sucks him on down. That is what is happening to middle-class America right now.”