[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4188]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   WHAT IS GOOD FOR TODAY'S DEMOCRATS

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, I want you to listen carefully to the 
following quote and tell me what shameless, unrepentant, 
unreconstructed, trickle-down, supply-sider said it: ``Tax rates are 
too high today and tax revenue is too low. The soundest way to raise 
the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now.''
  Jack Kemp? No. Ronald Reagan? Nope. Dick Armey? Close, no cigar. 
Actually, this wild-eyed supply-sider was none other than John 
Fitzgerald Kennedy. He understood what the limousine liberals in 
today's Democratic Party do not: Tax cuts are good for the economy.
  That is why the tax bill that we are considering today is so 
important. It will not only restore fairness to our Tax Code, but it 
will also promote savings and investment, just the kind of activities 
that our economy needs. It was good enough for Jack Kennedy, then why 
is it not good enough for today's Democrats? Why? Why?


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