U.S. Rep.

Mac Collins, R-Hampton, recently was named "Taxpayer

Hero" by the Council of Citizens Against Government

Waste, America's largest fiscal watchdog group.

The nonpartisan, nonprofit

organization is dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud,

mismanagement and abuse in government, according to its

literature.

"This year,"

Collins said, "the average American worked 131 days

into the year just to pay the tax bill to the federal,

state and local governments. It is wrong that

middle-class American families pay more in taxes than

they pay for food, clothing, shelter, and transportation

combined," he added.

"As a member of the

Committee on Ways and Means, I will continue to work to

design a tax simplification bill which provides $778

billion in tax relief over the next ten years,"

Collins concluded.

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