[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5487]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          THE AMERICAN WORKER

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, Boeing Corp. needs profits. So guess 
what? Boeing will get rid of 12,000 workers. That is right. The new 
American economy: Companies need profits, companies get rid of American 
workers, companies make more money, Government says, companies are 
strong, Government says the economy is improving.
  Beam me up. In the words of Larry, Moe, and Curly, thank God for 
Ronald McDonald, ladies and gentlemen. These companies are lean and 
mean all right, but the problem is the American workers have liens on 
their homes, without means to pay the mortgages.
  Where do we go from here? Four fifty an hour. Congress, Ronald 
McDonald does not have enough jobs to take care of the American 
workers' problems in this country. Congress better take a look at this 
new economy because there is not a job left. I only pray to God that 
these companies do not have a record year; do you know what I mean?

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