Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act

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Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this Republican green light to tax cheaters, billionaires, and giant corporations that do not pay their fair share of taxes.

The average working person in our country pays a rate of about 25 percent. Billionaires pay under 5 percent. Every citizen and corporation should take a pledge of allegiance to pay their fair share of taxes. But Amazon, Chevron, AIG, and even Coca-Cola shirk their duty to liberty. Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Charles Koch prosper under liberty's flag but cheat on their taxes.

In what world is it fair that those in the top brackets can cheat the system while hardworking Americans pay their fair share every day?

I can assure you, staff in our offices have answered over a thousand calls since 2020 because the IRS doesn't have enough agents to do the job. Properly funding the IRS will help to reduce the deficit, average Americans will get answers and help, and tax cheaters will finally pay their fair share.

Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a laundry list of tax cheaters.

Amazon, Exxon Mobil, AT&T, Microsoft, Verizon, Chevron, Bank of America, UPS, Nike, Coca Cola, Charter Communications, AIG.

Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Steve Ballmer, Elon Musk, Rob Walton, Charles Koch.

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