James Traficant: “I am not embarrassed by this bill. No one should be embarrassed by this bill. I think Congress should be embarrassed for…”

“I am not embarrassed by this bill. No one should be embarrassed by this bill. I think Congress should be embarrassed for what we have allowed to develop over many periods of years. Anybody in America can see that most Americans, in fact, do not even like the government. They do not even want to be involved with the government. They see the government as a separate entity that hopefully is going to send them their Social Security check and maybe will not audit them or cause them any problem. This nexus that should exist because it is our government does not exist anymore, and the genesis of it is right here in the House floor; the politics in the Congress. Politics of division, minority versus majority, old versus young, worker versus company, man versus woman. Is it any wonder the country is screwed up? Look, income taxes started out headed right to the Supreme Court and were struck down as unconstitutional and, my God, I believe they are still. If one looks at the original language and the common sense of America, income taxes are not what the American people ever wanted, nor were they designed to be that which was intended by the Founders. I give credit to the majority party. Taxes in America are too high and they are trying to reduce them. Yes, there are some things the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) is doing I certainly can vote for, that is for sure, and I commend him for the fight that he has taken, but taxes are too high.”