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Walter B. Jones: “The American people said enough government is enough. Enough taxation is enough. The average working family in America…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 1995
The American people said enough government is enough. Enough taxation is enough. The average working family in America will spend more on paying taxes than that same average American working family will spend on clothing, housing, and food combined. How can you hope to achieve the American dream for your family when you have got a government that overregulates, with excessive taxation and does not give the family the opportunity to work hard and to grow and to become part of the American dream? Everything you are saying, I agree with. The nice thing about our frustration is that the American people last November showed their frustration by changing the U.S. House of Representatives, and we have a chance to bring a brighter future and to build a better American.
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Walter B. Jones
North Carolina

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Addressing government overreach and taxation during a floor speech.

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