[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 135 (Friday, September 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 23, 1994]
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                    THE GOP CONTRACT--REAGANOMICS II

  (Mr. SKAGGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute, and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SKAGGS. Mr. Speaker, the silly season is here. Most 
Representatives, and especially aspiring Representatives, spend time at 
home listening to what their people want them to do. Next week the 
GOP's candidates will come here to Washington to get their marching 
orders, to sign up for Reaganomics II, the contract.
  It is a preposterous set of proposals that again tries to dupe the 
American public with a have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too lunch of fiscal 
nonsense.
  The proposal? Cut taxes, mainly for upper income people, and increase 
defense spending, for a total increase in the deficit over the next 7 
years of close to a half trillion dollars. Then, claim you are going to 
balance the budget. Well, either that means major, huge cuts in Social 
Security and Medicare, or not balancing the budget. It is the sort of 
ripe demagoguery that gives deceit a bad name.
  As a recent Wall Street Journal piece said, ``The Republicans are 
offering more of the same--tax cuts for the affluent, budget promises 
that don't add up, and political reforms they don't mean. Voters ought 
to demand a money-or-Representative-back guarantee.''

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