Burgess Owens: “I think that his bill along with a number of other items that have been introduced by the progressive caucus begin to…”

“I think that his bill along with a number of other items that have been introduced by the progressive caucus begin to deal in detail with the steps that have to be taken to reverse this imbalance, this gigantic imbalance where corporations are paying only 11 percent of the tax burden while individuals are paying almost 44 percent of the tax burden. We are proceeding to deal with that in legislation. What I am trying to do is awaken the American people out there to the fact that nothing is going to happen of great significance on this matter unless the President hears from them, unless the leaders of Congress hear from them, because we are going to have a deadlock, we are going to have a situation where we trust the President was going to veto these draconian budget cuts that will be played out in the appropriations bill process. We are going to have a gridlock come September 30 and the Government will be brought to a standstill, and the only way to get out of it is negotiations between the White House and the Republican-controlled Congress. When that happens, the President needs to hear from the American people, hear from them now about the unfairness, the fact that the tax burden is unbalanced, is leading to a situation where, if you attempt to balance the budget without balancing the tax burden, you make for a great deal of suffering by the great majority of the American people, and the President has to be our protector in this respect.”