Political Quotes

“I rise today to celebrate tax freedom day. The average American will work 128 days this year to pay for the Federal, State, and local taxes and sets a new record high for this country at 38.2 percent of his or her yearly income. Now, think about that a little bit. We wonder why our bank accounts do not grow and our savings accounts are almost nonexistent, and we think about stagnation. It is not really stagnation, it is trying to pay for this moderately huge Government that was talked about back in January by our President who said the era of big government was over, and now he says ``it is kind of over.'' In my State of Montana, for an average family of four making around $39,000, $40,000 a year, to average it out, Federal taxes come to $7,400. Total State and local taxes are around $5,700. Mr. President, $13,216--and this has all been verified--is the tax burden of that family of four living in my State of Montana. One-third--one-third--of the money they earn is going to the support of government.”