Cass Ballenger: “remember when a tax cut meant paying less taxes? That was not too long…”

On the recordJuly 15, 1997

remember when a tax cut meant paying less taxes? That was not too long ago. Taxes were something you paid, not something you got. The tax cuts I am talking about are tax cuts that reduce the amount you pay. A tax cut does not mean that anyone gives me anything, it means the Government is taking less. I have no hope whatsoever that the other side will understand this point, but my constituents asked that I keep trying. When the Government takes a little less from the taxpayers, no one else is worse off. However, when the Government gives somebody some money, like the earned income tax credit, for example, that is at the expense of somebody else. The taxpayers pay for that. Some Members' idea of a tax cut means that the taxpayers pay more. That is nonsense. A tax cut is not at the expense of other taxpayers. A tax cut to those who do not pay income taxes is at the expense of others. That makes all the difference.

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Cass Ballenger

North Carolina

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govinfo.gov

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Discussing the implications of tax cuts and government spending.

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Cass Ballenger: “remember when a tax cut meant paying less taxes? That was not too long ago. Taxes were something you paid, not something…”

Editor's note · Context