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Providing for Consideration of H. R. 5970, Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006

By: Al Green
By: Al Green
Date: July 28, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending


PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5970, ESTATE TAX AND EXTENSION OF TAX RELIEF ACT OF 2006 -- (House of Representatives - July 28, 2006)

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Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it is written that ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

The truth is that this bill is not about raising the minimum wage; it is really about an inheritance tax break of around $800 billion for the wealthiest. It is not about those who work at $5.15 an hour, who work through Easter, work through Thanksgiving, work through Christmas, and at the end of the year make $10,712. It is not really about them. It is not about the least, the last, and the lost. It is about the well-off, the well-heeled, and the well-to-do.

In this country, one out of every 110 persons is a millionaire. In this country, we spend $177 million per day on the war, yet we haven't raised the minimum wage since 1997. It is not time to raise it; it is past time to raise it. And it is time to do it without tagging it to an inheritance tax break for the wealthiest.

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