[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3422]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TAX RELIEF SHOULD NOT BE RICH VERSUS POOR ISSUE

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it is a sad day within the 
Republican Party. A number of my colleagues bought into the divisive 
class warfare rantings of the Democrats. These Republicans have 
circulated a letter that endangers a major component in the Contract 
With America: the $500 per child tax credit. It is unbelievable to me 
that they would deny tax relief to families making more than $95,000 
per year. Are we putting a price tag on families?
  Tax relief was in the Contract With America. If it fails, we will 
have fallen prey to the Democrats' big lie. They want to paint tax 
relief as rich versus poor. This bill is not about helping any one 
group over another, it is about returning to Americans what is 
rightfully theirs: their hardearned money.
  There is not a single American that deserves the huge tax burden that 
the Democrats have been heaping on them for the last 40 years. The 
question is not about rich versus poor, it is about stopping wasteful 
Government spending and the right of Americans to keep what they earn.

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