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Sen. Grams reiterates call for tax cut in GOP radio address
January 23, 1999 WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, January 23) -- Sen. Rod Grams (R-Minnesota) on Saturday continued Republican criticism of President Bill Clinton's failure to include tax relief as part of his State of the Union address. "They tax it when you earn it, tax it again when you save it, tax it again when you spend it, tax it again when you invest it, and tax it again when you die. No wonder Americans feel overtaxed," Grams said in the weekly Republican radio address. 
Grams said part of a budget surplus he estimated would reach $80 billion this year -- $4.5 trillion over the next 15 years -- should be returned to taxpayers. "But with a four-and-a-half trillion (dollar) surplus, how come the average taxpayer won't get even a penny of it back under the president's plan?" asked Grams. "Instead of tax relief, the president on Tuesday proposed 77 new ways for Washington to spend your tax dollars," Grams said. "If you have a job, drive a car, use a computer, go to school, get sick, shop, drive, bank and sightsee, the president has a new program he wants you to support." That adds up, said Grams, to $300 billion in new federal spending, "the largest spending increase proposed by any president in our nation's history, all financed by you, the taxpayers." The senator reiterated the GOP call for an across-the-board tax cut, which he said is pro-economic growth. "When tax rates go down, workers keep each additional dollar they earn. That's a pretty strong incentive to work harder, be more productive and create more economic growth," said Grams. "On behalf of you, the taxpayers, Republicans look forward to making the 10 percent, across-the-board tax cut the centerpiece of a better, friendlier tax code," he said. |
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