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Mark Neumann: “They could not believe it. Spending is not going down under these budget plans, spending is going up each and every…”

On the recordApril 8, 1997
They could not believe it. Spending is not going down under these budget plans, spending is going up each and every year. From the year 1996 to the year 2002 spending is not going down, spending has gone up from $1,568 billion to $1,810 billion. I sometimes think that the American people forget that this Government, Washington, DC is collecting $6,500 out of their pocket. You know some of them go, ``Well, I don't have to worry, I don't pay that much out of my paycheck.'' But every time a person walks into a store and buys something as simple as a loaf of bread the store owner makes a small profit on that loaf of bread, and when the store owner makes a profit on that loaf of bread part of that profit gets sent down here to Washington because of course they are paying taxes on their profit.
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Mark Neumann
Wisconsin
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Discussing federal spending and taxation during a floor speech.

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