RNC Women

In the media, and no doubt in some offices in the White House, Tax Day will be treated today almost as a holiday.  To the liberals in the White House and in Congress, today is a day to celebrate the ever growing size of government and its involvement in the lives of the American people. 

Tax Day is no holiday.  To be sure, some taxes are necessary to provide national security and to pay for the necessary functions of government called for in the Constitution.  But today’s tax code is so far removed from what the Founders intended it is unlikely they would recognize it at all. 

Just since January of 2009, Democrats have enacted $670 billion in tax hikes.  That equates to more than $2,100 in new taxes for every man, woman and child in the United States.  These hikes include everything from a new 10% tax on indoor tanning to increased Medicare taxes and unconstitutional penalties to be levied against people who choose not to purchase health insurance.  According to the Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee, at least twenty-five new taxes or tax hikes have been signed into law since President Obama took office, and at least 14 of them violate his pledge not to raise taxes on the middle class. 

These numbers are not something to celebrate on Tax Day.  They are reasons to get down to the business of electing a Republican majority to Congress this November.  Only by returning Republican leadership to the U.S. House and U.S. Senate can we begin the work of repealing these tax hikes to keep the taxpayers’ money where it belongs – in their own wallets! 

Today is not a holiday.  It is a reminder that elections matter, that how you vote matters, and that the only way to cut federal spending and lower taxes is by electing Republican majorities to Congress. 

THAT will be something to celebrate.