[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 44 (Wednesday, April 20, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 20, 1994]
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              A DEMOCRATIC LEADER ATTACKS SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. GINGRICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, I was astonished this morning to see a 
Democratic leader proposing taxes on Social Security. Yesterday a 
Democratic leader proposed a cut in the retirement benefit for average 
and above average incomes, 8.4 percent less for average retirees, 20 
percent less for higher income retirees, a cut in the annual cost of 
living for Social Security recipients for the first year after 
enactment, a tax increase for retired individuals of $25,000 and for 
retired couples of $32,000, and a 31-percent tax increase in the 
payroll tax for workers and employers.
  Last year the Democrats passed a big tax increase. This year the 
Democratic leadership is proposing a big tax increase to pay for a 
government-controlled health care bureaucracy. Now a Democratic leader 
is proposing to tax workers and retirees. Where does it end?

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