[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4118-H4119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             THIS IS THE WEEK FOR ADDRESSING TAX INEQUITIES

  (Mr. ALLARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 
[[Page H4119]] minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, we are going to hear a lot from the 
limousine liberals on the Democrat side of the aisle this week about 
fairness.
  Well, let me ask them a few questions.
  It is fair to penalize senior citizens who want to remain productive?
  It is fair to working Americans that the cost of capital in the 
United States is so much higher than in the rest of the industrialized 
world?
  It is fair that married couples are penalized just because they are 
married?
  There is nothing fair about the current tax system. It penalizes 
work, saving, and investment. But this week we begin the job of 
restoring fairness to our tax system. We will start by restoring the 
$25 billion in Social Security cuts engineered by the Clinton White 
House and the old Democratic Congress. I think it is important to note 
that these cuts did not have the support of one Republican Member in 
either Chamber.
  America's seniors should not be asked to pay higher taxes to solve a 
problem that was made in Washington. We will fix that this week.

                          ____________________