Adam Smith: “Mr. Speaker, requiring a 3/5ths vote makes tax increases a last…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 1995

Mr. Speaker, requiring a 3/5ths vote makes tax increases a last resort. In Washington State just a year ago the people of the State passed an initiative to do just this. And do you know what happened? Right now, instead of considering tax increase, they are actually looking at places to control the budget and looking at the base of the budget where we have never looked before. If we are going to get to control spending and control the deficit, we absolutely have to control the ability to raise taxes first. I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this proposal.

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Discussing the importance of requiring a supermajority for tax increases.

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