[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 59 (Thursday, March 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3982]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON TAX REDUCTIONS

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, there they go again. The Democratic 
propaganda machine is working overtime this week trying to convince the 
American people that the Republican tax reduction package is reserved 
only for the rich. Nothing could be further from the truth.
  It is time to tell the truth about our tax cuts and let the American 
people know that if they used the Democrats calculations of ``income'' 
and ``rich'' they would have a lot more work to do on their 1040 tax 
forms this year.
  The Democratic leadership inflates your income by adding all sorts of 
things you and I would never dream of including: Social Security 
contributions, AFDC payments, employer-provided benefits like health 
care and pension contributions, capital gains on assets you still own, 
and they even include in your income what your net return would be if 
you rented the house you live in at market value.
  This manipulation of income is a gross distortion of family income 
and to those struggling to make ends meet it just does not add up. It 
is no wonder the American people think Washington is out of touch with 
the rest of America.
  Mr. Speaker, we need tax relief but we need an honest presentation of 
the facts.

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