Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, we stand on this floor, representatives of a country that is basking in a time of great economic prosperity. The United States is at full employment and business is expanding with new jobs being created at a rate rarely experienced in anyone's lifetime. Today we have an opportunity to return money to Americans who work hard and, based on that work, pay too much in taxes. While I wish it could be more, it is time to give a little back. I am particularly pleased with the death tax relief provisions and delighted that we continue our efforts to eradicate it. Whether it is the family farm or a more traditional business, the death tax is an assault upon the moral values of every family in this country that has had the wherewithal to create a business from nothing, persevere through the bad times and hope to leave it to their children. Unfortunately, it is all too often that a family is forced to sell its business because the Federal Government has decreed that it is entitled to a disproportionate share of a family's business once the owner has died.”