Political Quotes

“in 1999 I began battling imposition of a State income tax in Tennessee. Our State spent 4 years debating the ability of government to levy new taxes and the meaning of tax fairness. The battle was long, and it engaged virtually every taxpayer in Tennessee. At the end of the day, those that supported the State income tax lost. Tennessee stood up and said enough is enough, and they rejected a massive tax increase. Traveling through our beautiful State, I met people in city halls, people in coffee shops, and I gained tremendous appreciation for what those patriots must have felt when they dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party. I really continue to take heart in the way average citizens, people who have really never taken an interest in politics, the way they have become marching, sign-waving, horn-honking activists, and the way they have united against another tax increase. With the defeat of a State income tax in Tennessee, I came to Washington prepared to work for legislation that would allow citizens of States without a State income tax the right to deduct the sales tax from their Federal income tax filings.”