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Job-Killing Legislation

Date: July 21, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Business and Consumers Taxes Health and Health Care


JOB-KILLING LEGISLATION -- (House of Representatives - July 21, 2009)

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Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to strongly oppose efforts by the majority to rush through a misguided health care experiment that will greatly increase the already sky-high unemployment in my State. At a time when Floridians are facing double-digit unemployment, Congress should not be pushing through a government takeover of health care that will be paid for by a tax hike on small businesses.

And a recession nearing double-digit unemployment nationally will discourage job growth and creation leading to even higher unemployment and people with employer-based health insurance being forced onto the government plan. This job-killing tax, combined with the crushing debt some in Congress have been piling on our children and grandchildren to pay for Big Government programs, will make it much more difficult for future generations to succeed.

I urge my colleagues to reject this small business tax.

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