[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      DEMOCRATS, NOT REPUBLICANS, RAISED TAXES ON SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, all right, let us talk about Social 
Security. In 1993, the first year your Democrat President was in 
office, the Democrat Party, without one vote from the Republican side, 
raised taxes on Social Security.
  Then in the same legislation, the Democrat Party voted to put that 
money, the new proceeds, not in the Social Security trust fund but in 
the general fund. Why? Probably so your Democrat President could have 
more money to pass out as largess when he needs one of the bits and 
pieces of his legislation passed.
  For example, your President, when NAFTA comes, he is so offended by 
$20 presents from lobbyists, teeshirts from school groups, and baseball 
caps from veterans' organizations; he comes into the House,

       If you will want to help pass NAFTA, I will give you a 
     million dollars here. You want to save your helium reserve 
     plant? Let me give you a couple of million. Let me give you a 
     couple of million for your dam back home. We want your vote.

  You do not want a balanced budget amendment because you want to 
protect Social Security; the fact is you do not want a balanced budget 
amendment because you do not want a balanced budget; not to protect 
Social Security but protect your largess when you need votes passed, 
and your President uses it the most.

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