Jack Kingston: “yesterday I had the honor of being visited by the Savannah Christian Middle School, and in the back row of this large…”

“yesterday I had the honor of being visited by the Savannah Christian Middle School, and in the back row of this large crowd of students, there was a young woman named Amy. Amy made about $20 a day working for her father, but, of course, she only took home about $16. Mr. Speaker, $4 going for taxes. Amy and the other students understood that we in government need taxes to pay for roads and bridges and military and education and all those things. She did not regret that. She did not begrudge that a bit; but I said to her, Amy, if you knew we could do all that, plus debt reduction for $3.50, what would you want done with the remaining 50 cents? Would you want me to keep it and expand government and take away more rights and privileges from you, or would you like to keep that 50 cents? She said, with all the other students, give it back to me. It is my money. What a pity that our Washington bureaucracy does not understand this principle. If Amy has that money, what she is going to do is buy more CDs, more hamburgers, more clothes. It adds up. When she does that, small businesses expand, they create jobs and opportunities for people. More people work. More people are paying taxes, and it is a win-win. Mr. Speaker, we need tax relief. It will get the economy moving.”