Jack Kingston: “with middle-class families paying 38 to 44 percent of family income in taxes, the claim that the era of big Government…”

“with middle-class families paying 38 to 44 percent of family income in taxes, the claim that the era of big Government is over is utterly absurd. Think about it: 38 to 44 percent of middle-class family income goes to taxes. That means that the purpose of the second job in the household is to pay for taxes, which means you may think that your spouse is a computer operator or real estate agent or insurance agent or whatever, but the truth is your spouse is a government employee, working for the Government simply to pay taxes. It got worse in 1993, when the President increased the gas tax 4 cents a gallon, increased Social Security tax, and increased taxes on small business. The Republican plan tried to counter this with a $500 per child tax credit, an adoption tax credit, and a senior dependent tax credit. But the President vetoed that. Think about this: We have got a Democrat Party who is telling the American people, ``We are compassionate because we want you to get 90 cents more an hour, but we are against the $500 per child tax credit offered by the Republican Party.'' That is real compassion, comrades, real compassion.”