[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 93 (Thursday, June 8, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1204-E1205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    REFUTING DEMOCRAT SCARE TACTICS

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                        HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 8, 1995
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to draw your attention to the 
comments of Ian M. Yarian, a resident of Gansevoort, NY in my 
congressional district. Ian, for one, has not fallen prey to the 
vicious scare tactics being employed by Democrats who have no solutions 
to the crises facing our Nation. It is certainly encouraging to see the 
comments of Americans outside the beltway who don't fall victim to the 
Washington propaganda which floods the news media.
  To that end, Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to submit Ian's 
remarks as published in The Saratogian newspaper in Saratoga Springs, 
NY. I ask all my fellow Members to pay close attention to the logic of 
his argument, especially those colleagues on the other side of the 
aisle who simply seek to employ class warfare as opposed to addressing 
the concerns of the people.
                    Republicans Aren't Out To Rob Us

                            (By Ian Yarian)

       After reading the May 17 Speaking Out column by Ron 
     Deutsch, I can't help but speak out also.
       I am one of the so-called middle class the Republicans are 
     accused of trying to rob. I am also a single parent. I am 
     tired of the leftist drivel being spouted concerning the 
     Contract With America, People like Mr. Deutsch are either 
     ignorant of the facts or they are intentionally 
     misrepresenting them. The proposed spending for the balanced 
     budget does not cut vital services, nor does it redistribute 
     the money from such programs to the wealthy.
       First, the Republicans are not cutting welfare, Social 
     Security or Medicare. What they are doing is trying to curb 
     the runaway spending increases that will bankrupt the 
     programs and leave nothing for my generation.
       The programs are in fact being increased in accordance with 
     appropriate inflationary figures instead of the arbitrary 
     current services baseline which makes no logical budgetary 
     sense. Democrats routinely hide behind this automatic 10 to 
     12 percent annual spending increase to mask their 
     irresponsible spending habits and turn the truth around to 
     claim Republican-proposed smaller increases are cuts.
       Mr. Deutsch further shows his ignorance by comparing the 
     so-called ``cuts'' to tax reductions. Tax cuts such as those 
     being proposed have been historically proven to increase 
     revenue generated for the government because they encourage 
     consumer spending, business expansion and investment. They 
     don't need to be paid for. Redistribution of wealth is 
     unfair, to everyone, but the Democrats want us to send more 
     and more of our money to them so they can decide who gets 
     what. They say whatever it takes to scare us into doing it. 
     With so many blatant lies coming out of the mouths of 
     Democrats lately, they must believe we are all to ignorant to 
     look up the facts for ourselves. Unfortunately, few make the 
     attempt.
       The federal school lunch program fiasco is one such 
     example. The Republicans proposed a 4 percent increase in 
     funding. President Clinton and the Democrats had proposed a 3 
     percent increase, but they campaigned the countryside to tell 
     people the Republicans were planning to take food from the 
     mouths of children. The only people cut out by the 
     Republicans would have been the federal elitists who have 
     been mismanaging the program and lining their pockets. 
     Control of the lunch program would have been given to 
     individual states where programs have been proven again and 
     again to be more efficient. Do Democrats feel our state 
     governments are as incapable as they believe the citizens to 
     be?
       Democrats are clearly interested only in preventing 
     Republicans from doing what they were elected to do, not in 
     the future of America. I am firmly convinced if Republicans 
     all got together and decided to give a [[Page E1205]] gift of 
     $100 from their own personal bank accounts to every American 
     citizen, the Democrats would claim this was a ``mean-spirited 
     cut'' and an attempt to steal from children and the elderly. 
     Unfortunately, the media would support them since you rarely 
     see reporters make a Democrat back up what he says.
       I am not wealthy or influential, and the only people I see, 
     ``dipping into my pockets'' are the Democrats. The only 
     chance I see for the future of America is from the 
     Republicans. If the only arguments against the Contract With 
     America consist of fear mongering and lies, what are the real 
     motivations of the Democrats? And just what do they propose 
     to ensure a prosperous future for us all? I would really like 
     to know.
     

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