CCAGW Says, ''Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is''

WASHINGTON--(Business Wire)--
The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today
hailed the introduction of the aptly titled "Put Your Money Where Your
Mouth Is" Act, sponsored by Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.). The bill
would amend the Tax Code to allow individuals to make contributions
above and beyond what they already pay in taxes. Tax forms would
include a line indicating how much each person would like to pay. The
bill is in response to those who have claimed to be unfairly
undertaxed.

"It is time for Americans who like the fact that the government
spends so much of their tax dollars to 'put their money where there
mouth is' and give up extra taxes voluntarily," said CCAGW President
Tom Schatz.

According to a 2007 Harris Interactive survey conducted on behalf
of the Tax Foundation, only 2 percent of respondents claimed the
amount of federal income tax they pay is too low, compared 58 percent
of respondents who said that their taxes were too high.

Citizens already have an opportunity to contribute to a fund
within the Department of the Treasury to reduce the federal debt.
According to the Treasury, the lowest amount sent to the government
was $744,675.06 in 2004, and the most was last year, a whopping
$2,624,862.42.

"If the bill passes, it will be easy to send extra tax dollars to
Washington, where everyone knows they will be spent wisely. More money
could be spent on important priorities like hops research, lobster and
sheep institutes, or olive fruit fly research - all among the 11,610
pork projects worth $17.2 billion that were uncovered in Citizens
Against Government Waste's 2008 Pig Book," concluded Schatz.

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste is the lobbying
arm of Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and
mismanagement in government.

Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW)
Leslie K. Paige, 202-467-5334
or
Alexa Moutevelis, 202-467-5318

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