[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     RESTORING SOCIAL SECURITY CUTS

  (Mrs. SEASTRAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SEASTRAND. Mr. Speaker, it will come as no surprise to most 
Americans that the American family and our senior citizens are 
overtaxed. It is certainly no surprise to my mom who is 83 years old. 
She is not surprised that senior citizens are taxed too much and 
protected too little. Yet, when the liberal defenders of big government 
want to find more money to fund their bureaucratic programs, they turn 
to those in our society who can least afford it, our senior citizens.
  We have all heard the shocking numbers. Taxes for a family of four 
have gone up from $1 out of every $50 in 1950 to paying $1 out of every 
$4 to the Federal Government today and that many average income working 
seniors face tax rates double those that millionaires face. Taxes that 
high are simply not fair. Yet when President Clinton and the Democrats 
passed the largest tax increase in history disguised as a tax hike on 
the rich, they actually taxed our seniors by cutting Social Security.
  This week we have the opportunity to do what is responsible and fair 
for our seniors. We have the opportunity to protect the American dream. 
We have the opportunity to restore Social Security cuts, and I ask that 
we do so.


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