Jim Ryun: “I rise in support of the taxation amendment. By 1950, Americans worked until April 3rd in order to pay for the spending…”

“I rise in support of the taxation amendment. By 1950, Americans worked until April 3rd in order to pay for the spending of government. This year, Americans will have to work until May 11th before they are able to take home money for their families. Mr. Speaker, that's 130 days since January 1 of this year. From New Year's Day to Mother's Day, working families are working for the government, not themselves. The average hard working American household pays nearly $10,000 in federal taxes alone. This year, those taxes, paid for by hard working Americans will amount to nearly 21% of our gross domestic product. Mr. Speaker, our taxes are too high. We have a chance today, the day our taxes are due, to make a statement to the American people. By our vote today, we can tell the American people that the money they worked so hard to earn is theirs, not ours. We can tell them that they best know how to spend their money, not us. Mr. Speaker, we have already spent our children and grandchildren $5.5 trillion into debt. We've already spent their tax dollars before they have a chance to earn them. We must stop this tax and spend mentality that has dominated the last quarter of a century. Yesterday we passed a balanced budget to stop easy spending. Today, we have the opportunity to stop the easy tax increase.”