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“HAPPY TAX DAY” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H3239 on April 15, 1996.
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HAPPY TAX DAY
(Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, the Medicare trust fund had its first deficit in history, and the reason given was payroll taxes were less than expected.
Now, how could this be if there have been 8 million new jobs? Could it be that maybe these jobs are very suspect?
Check this out: Screw supervisor, nut former, ball sorter, needle straightener, bucket chucker, slitter, creaser, slaughter operator. Do not laugh. These are all jobs listed by the Department of Labor.
If that is not high-tech enough for you, how about sucker machine operator? How about carcass splitter. Just imagine, if we create more sucker machine operators and carcass splitters, we will balance the budget.
If anybody asks my opinion, I would have to say beam me up. I think these screw supervisors all work for the Internal Revenue Service. Happy Tax Day.
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