Don Nickles: “I compliment my friend from Georgia for his leadership on this and many other issues. Today, we are announcing to the…”

“I compliment my friend from Georgia for his leadership on this and many other issues. Today, we are announcing to the American people that tomorrow, May 7, is tax freedom day. That means that the average American worker had to work from January 1 through May 7 for government--for the Federal Government, State government, and local government. May 7 is the latest tax freedom day ever. For the average American worker, 34.8 percent of their income goes to government. I do not make this point to say that all government is evil. Not all government is evil, but if workers are working for government, they are not working for themselves. As government power grows and increases, that means their freedom is diminished. If you have individuals working a third of the time for government, then they are not working for their families, and they are not able to take care of their families. It is a very important and, in my opinion, kind of a sad fact that as government power continues to increase, people's freedom continues to decrease. We need to reverse that. Unfortunately, this President has made it worse. This President has made tax freedom day later and later in the year because he vetoed a tax reduction effort that Congress passed. But even more important than that, he signed the largest tax increase in history.”