National Tax Freedom Day Doesnt Arrive until Tax Filing Day
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas -- As Texas families scramble to fill out reams of annual tax forms
they are realizing that all their hard work so far this year has been just to pay their taxes. How ridiculous is that? asked U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady the Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee and a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee. Texas Tax Freedom Dayhas arrived -- four days later this year than last and our National Tax Freedom Day falls next Tuesday on the deadline for all Americans to send in their tax returns. That means Texans worked four more days this year until today April 11 -- just to pay their federal state and local taxes and Americans as a whole have to wait even longer.
Whats even sadder is that Texans worked for nearly a third of the year-- from New Years Day to today -- just to pay their taxes yet President Obama and Congressional Democrats still dont think Americans pay enough
If taxes were raised to cover the current budget deficit Americas Tax Freedom Day would fall nearly a month later -- even though the average working American already pays more in taxes now than to feed clothe and
shelter their families. Hard working families should not be spending more on government than they do on food clothing and shelter for their families added Brady.
Its time for President Obama to stop polarizing the country against efforts to get our nations financial house in order and join House conservative efforts to fix the problem -- including paying off the extra $5 trillion hes added to the national debt."
More information on Texas Tax Freedom Day can be found
here.
