[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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              TAX ON FEDERAL EMPLOYEES PAYING FOR TAX CUT

  (Mr. WYNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, the debate this week is not about whether we 
ought to have a tax cut for the average American or for the seniors or 
for the hard-working folks back home. This debate is about whether we 
ought to give most of the tax break to the wealthiest people in America 
who make up to $200,000 a year. I say no.
  To raise the money for this tax break, the Republicans have once 
again gone after the middle class, this time in the form of Federal 
employees who only make an average of $30,000 a year. They raised $12 
billion by raising the pension contribution of Federal employees by 2.5 
percent, which means that the average Federal employee making $30,000 
will have to pay $750 in new taxes, because that is what it is, a tax 
on Federal employees.
  So let me see if I have got this straight. In order to get a tax 
deduction of $500 per child, the Federal employee under the Republican 
plan will have to pay $750. I do not think that makes good sense.
  Mr. Speaker, this debate is not about a tax break for the folks back 
home; this debate is about whether we ought to give a tax break to the 
wealthiest.

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