Political Quotes

“it is basically a triple taxation. We pay taxes on the 15th of April; then there is a user fee which is a tax of $65 on the American people in order to get the passport, so that will tax twice. Then they decide that that is not good enough, we are going to tax people for the information, like going to the grocery store and ask the grocer where the milk is, and he says, ``Ask that guy, but he's going to charge you to tell you where the milk is.'' I mean it is an absolute absurdity. There is a solution, and I appreciate the suggestion, and it is certainly a good one. An additional suggestion would be to dedicate the $65 fee to the State Department to allow them to use that money rather than putting that money back into the general fund. But triple taxing the American people for basic government information, basic service to which they are entitled, is an absolute absurdity, and I salute the gentleman from New Jersey.”