Political Quotes

“for 8 long years I have waited to tell the people of Georgia that the President of the United States has sent a bill to Congress which will reduce the tax burden on every taxpayer in America. That day has come. Mr. Speaker, the previous administration was not only taxing Americans' wallets but they taxed their patience as well. We suffered through 8 years of either tax hikes or so-called targeted tax cuts which were awarded to selected Americans who met certain criteria, who agreed to jump through certain hoops. This Washington-knows-best type of tax policy is ending. Today we are considering across-the-board tax relief to all Americans, to all taxpayers, of every level so that they can keep more of their earnings and spend those earnings as they wish. They can save the money or they can spend it. It is their money so it should be their decision and not Washington's, Mr. Speaker. The same old, usual complaints from those who are pained to see this money escape from Washington unspent we are hearing over and over again today. They say tax relief is too expensive, but the President's tax relief amounts to only 6 percent of all Federal revenues over the next 10 years. They say it is unfair, but what is fairer than returning the overpayment of taxation back to the people who paid the taxes in in the first place?”