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On the recordApril 10, 1997
I think since tax filing date to pay our income taxes in the United States is next Tuesday, April 15, it is an appropriate time to talk about how big do the American people and the American workers think Government should be and how much of their money that they have earned do they think should go to pay for government. In the last several years, I have been concerned about Republican candidates and Democrat candidates running for Congress, running for the Presidency, that suggest somehow that Government can do great things for us; that Government can increase our standard of living; that Government can give us better jobs. I would suggest, Mr. Speaker, that Government and what it can do to increase our wages and increase our standard of living is much overbloated from the mouths of politicians.
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Nick Smith
Republican · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the role of government in relation to taxes and the economy.

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