Paul Coverdell: “in conclusion, I just wanted to underscore that the only way we are going to relieve the burden on the American family…”

“in conclusion, I just wanted to underscore that the only way we are going to relieve the burden on the American family today is to lower the tax level and allow them to keep the wages they earn, which allows them to fulfill the duties and responsibilities that they have. I argue that both putting people first, which resulted in the largest tax increase in America history, and now followed by putting families first, which will call for yet another tax increase, is not the prescription for the American family. If you look at the last 25 years and what has happened to the American family, as its tax level has pushed upward and upward, you have seen increasing behavior and increasing conditions in the American family that are the exact opposite of that which we would like to achieve. If you really want to say put families first, then lower the economic burden, lower the economic pressure, and let the wage earner keep their wages, and let the wage earner and family do that which they set as their own priorities of the American family.”