[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 112 (Friday, August 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 12, 1994]
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                  THAT WACKY DEMOCRAT HEALTH CARE PLAN

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, this from the Richmond Times-Dispatch:

       On a recent day, the House Ways and Means Committee 
     endorsed legislation to impose global spending caps on every 
     state in the nation. If any state exceeded its federally 
     designated limit on health care spending, price controls 
     would take effect.
       On the same day, the same committee passed proposals to (a) 
     double the tax on self-insurance premiums, and (b) reduce the 
     income tax deduction for a self-employed person's health 
     insurance premiums.

  Parenthetically, the Times-Dispatch adds:

       Such tax hikes on independence could help Congress corral 
     the public into collectives, which may be the point of the 
     exercise.

  The editorial goes on:

       But obviously, taxing a good or service adds to its cost. 
     So with one hand, the Congressmen voted to keep health care 
     costs down, and with the other, they voted to increase health 
     care costs.
       Good luck trying to figure that out.

  Mr. Speaker, I am having a tough time figuring out the logic of the 
Democrat health care plan. And, so, I suspect, are the American people.

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