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On the recordSeptember 17, 1996
We on our side of the aisle, we have pushed for family tax relief. We believe that Washington already collects enough of our money and we do not want any more money in Washington. We want to return it back to families. We want to return it back to small businesses, because we believe the best engine for growth in this country are small businesses and Americans deciding the priorities for where they spend their money. This I believe is just the beginning of a whole new series of taxes that a Clinton administration would love to put on the American people. This is just what I believe is the first scheme to get more money from the American people. I think it goes after it exactly the wrong way. It taxes the very things that are important to families, that are important to children. It hides the tax, because it would be a tax at the manufacturer's level, not at the sales tax level, so once again people will be paying taxes and they will not know that it is actually going to the Federal Government.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing family tax relief and opposing potential tax increases under the Clinton administration.

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