Ron Lewis: “Where did we get the marriage penalty tax? Where have we had the tax burden placed on our shoulders in this country…”

“Where did we get the marriage penalty tax? Where have we had the tax burden placed on our shoulders in this country, where the average family pays 40 percent of their income in local, State and Federal taxes, a big chunk that of the Federal taxes, where did we get all of these taxes? When I came here to Congress in 1994, the Democrats had control of the Congress. In 1995, Republicans won the majority. And since 1995, we have not passed one tax increase, not one. We have cut taxes, but we have not passed a tax increase. One of the worst taxes is the marriage penalty tax. Mr. Speaker, the Democrats controlled, our friends on the left, controlled this House for 40 years. And also when I got here, we had a debt of $5 rac{1}{2} trillion, and the spending was going up. The deficits were $200 billion. I think they have never seen a tax that they did not like. They love taxes. They love big spending, and every time we try to do any tax cuts in this House, it is always a battle. It is always a fight. They never want to cut taxes. Why? Because, friends, there is not enough money in this world, I think, for them to spend. There is not enough projects for them to think up to spend the taxpayers' money. Mr. Speaker, it is time to start cutting taxes.”