Political Quotes

“This is the week where most Americans have to finish off their taxes because day after tomorrow is the final deadline to pay Federal income tax. It is a good time to look at your W-2 form and see how much is being deducted from your hard-earned dollars and decide just how big do you want Government to be. It is a good time to ask the question: How much should we be paying of what we earn to Federal taxes? Let us just look at a little bit of the history of this country. In 1900 we paid 9 percent of our take-home dollars in tax. In 1930 it went up to 12 percent. Guess what it is today? Today if you are an average American you are paying 41 cents out of every dollar that you make in taxes to the State, local and Federal Government. This growth in government spending at all levels has changed the family budget dramatically. To keep taxes down we have to stop asking Government to solve more and more of our problems. The solution is for us to decide we can do without more Government, to decide we are better off spending our own hard-earned income rather than letting Congress decide how they are going to spend it for us. To keep taxes and spending down, we have to start asking Government for less and assume a greater responsibility for ourselves and our family and our community.”