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Requesting the Congressional Delegation of the State of Hawaii Support President Bush's Tax Relief Proposal

WHEREAS, federal taxes are the highest they have even been during peacetime; and

WHEREAS, all taxpayers should be allowed to keep more of their own money; and

WHEREAS, the best way to encourage economic growth is to cut marginal tax rates across all tax brackets; and

WHEREAS, under current tax law, low-income workers often pay the highest marginal rates; and

WHEREAS, the American people have not received real tax relief in a generation; and

WHEREAS, President Bush's tax relief plan will contribute to raising the standard of living for all Americans; and

WHEREAS, President Bush's tax relief plan will increase access to the middle class for hard working families, treat all middle class families more fairly, encourage entrepreneurship and growth, and promote charitable giving and education; and

WHEREAS, under President Bush's tax relief plan, the largest percentage reductions will go to the lowest-income earners; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2001, requests our elected representatives in the United States Congress support and work to pass the tax relief plan introduced by President Bush, which includes across-the-board reductions in marginal rates, eliminates the death tax and reduces the marriage penalty; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the members of Hawaii's delegation to the Congress of the United States.