David Thomas: “Mr. and Mrs. America, help is on the way, H.R. 3. This bill is only seven pages long. How ironic. The usual complaint…”

“Mr. and Mrs. America, help is on the way, H.R. 3. This bill is only seven pages long. How ironic. The usual complaint about congressional bills is that they are about as long as War and Peace or they weigh between 10 or 12 pounds. Seven pages. What is inside these seven pages? Before a Joint Session of Congress, President Bush asked Congress to make sure no hard-working income tax payer pays more than one-third of their income in taxes. It is here. It is in these seven pages. President Bush said he wanted immediate relief for small business. Seventeen million individual returns are actually small businesses. It is here. It is in these seven pages. Small businesses will have more money this year to pay workers, buy inventory or pay heating or lighting bills. President Bush said more low income workers should not have to pay any income tax. It is here in these seven pages. More than 4 million low-income workers are freed from their income tax burden. President Bush said the economy is faltering. In fact, a number of economists and all of the leading economic indicators say the economy is faltering. President Bush said every hard-working American taxpayer should have some of their money returned. It is here. It is in these seven pages. Money so these hard-working Americans can pay their bills with more of their own money.”