[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      THE SERVE-THE-RICH SCAM GAME

  (Mr. WATT of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WATT of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, today the House is scheduled 
to pass the crown jewel of the Republican's serve-the-rich contract 
scam. The American public needs to understand how the Republican serve-
the-rich scam game is played.
  Start with the number, $11,266. That happens to be the average amount 
people who make over $200,000 a year will save in taxes each year under 
the Republican's tax plan. That also happens to be the approximate cost 
of leasing a brand new foreign-made Mercedes Benz automobile. It also 
happens to be the amount it would cost to serve 6,294 school lunches to 
poor school kids who otherwise go hungry.
  So you make the choice: a brand new foreign-made Mercedes Benz for 
the rich, or 6,294 school lunches for the U.S. poor. And we wonder why 
our children are hungry? We wonder why our dollar is valueless? Get 
real, Congress. Let us not play the Republican serve-the-rich scam 
game.

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