Political Quotes

“As the old saying goes, Mr. Speaker, there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. While we can only die once, every year Americans are working harder and longer to pay their taxes. For many Americans the current tax system is in effect a death sentence. Who among us thinks that we are undertaxed? How many of us think that we should be paying more of our hard-earned tax dollars to the Federal Government? We are taxed on every dime we make, every purchase we make, every phone call we place, every gallon of gas we pump, every home we sell. We are even taxed when we die. The people of central New Jersey have told me that they are tired of paying more and more each year. They have told me to go to Washington and work for real tax relief. Mr. Speaker, the time that is spent to pay the tax bill is time that could be better spent. It is time that a mother or father could be spending with their child. It is a time that a small business man or woman could be drumming up new customers. Imagine that you found a new job where you were told to come to work at 9 in the morning but you would not start getting paid until 11:45. Would you want that job? Yet that is the part of every day that every average American worker spends to pay their taxes. It was not until May 7 last year that the average American worker was able to stop working for Uncle Sam. I have made it a top priority of mine to help ease the burden of taxes on the individuals, families and businesses of this country.”