On behalf of hard working Americans, I am asking that Washington returns what is duly theirs, said Congressman Jack Kingston after voting to support President Bush s tax relief plan. Average American taxpayers are spending 40 percent of their income to pay federal, state, and local taxes.
Most families pay more in taxes than they do for food, clothing and shelter combined.
Not only can we afford this tax cut, but it also does not interfere with our goals to pay down the debt. The plan replaces the five current tax rates with a simple structure of lower rates, Kingston said. It also enacts measures to stimulate economic growth. No one, no matter the income, should ever have to pay more than a third of earnings to the government s never-enough demands. This will put extra cash back into pockets in the short term and provide greater rewards for work and entrepreneurship in the long term, Kingston continued.