[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 82 (Friday, June 24, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[Congressional Record: June 24, 1994]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

 
               EMPLOYER MANDATES: THE CLINTON JOB KILLER

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, when big government comes calling 
and says it wants to do you a favor, you would do well to tread very 
carefully. There is usually a catch.
  The catch in the Clinton-government-run health care proposal is 
something called an employer mandate. That means a payroll tax on 
American businesses--big and small. That means smaller profits, lower 
wages and fewer jobs. In fact, a survey of some 40 studies has found 
estimates running from 600,000 to 3.8 million jobs destroyed by 
imposition of a new payroll tax.
  So, what our Democratic colleagues are promising is a government-run 
health care system paid for by the jobs of American working men and 
women. Does that sound like a good deal? I do not think so.
  Mr. Speaker, Republicans have offered alternatives to the Clinton-
socialized medicine schemes--without the new taxes and without the 
terrible job loss. It is time to reject the big government approach and 
give the Republican alternatives a fair hearing. The American people 
deserve a fair shake.

                          ____________________