Ted Poe: “Victor from Huffman, Texas, writes me this: I work. I pay my taxes. In order to earn that paycheck, I work on…”

“Victor from Huffman, Texas, writes me this: I work. I pay my taxes. In order to earn that paycheck, I work on construction projects. Every morning we file into a job site like cattle. We are searched, scanned and tested. But the government hands out our money to those who don't work for free houses, cars, food, and the list just gets longer. I work 84 hours a week just to make ends meet. The more I work, the more I get taxed. We have families that we only see at night, if at all. We work outages, turnarounds, and shutdowns. If I don't pay my taxes, I go to jail. If I don't do my job, I'm fired. We work extra to have extra, not so we can pay for more government programs. Mr. Speaker, workers are tired of their taxes going up just so the government can get more people dependent on government. And that's just the way it is. ____________________”