[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 98 (Thursday, June 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5989]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




WHY THE REPUBLICANS ARE CUTTING MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. BONIOR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, why are the Republicans cutting Medicare, 
Medicaid, and Social Security to pay for tax breaks for the wealthiest 
people in our society? We should be strengthening our Medicare system, 
not using it as a piggy bank or a cash cow to let the wealthiest 
individuals in the corporations take advantage of middle income people 
in America today.
  If we really want to strengthen Medicare, we should shut down some of 
these corporate tax loopholes and expenditures totaling about $225 
billion a year and corporate pork and help our senior citizens and 
their families make ends meet.
  I say to my colleagues, Let's give our senior citizens help with the 
cost of prescription drug care, with long-term care, not cut their 
deductibles like the Republicans want to do, or increase their premiums 
or raise their deductibles as the Republicans want to do. Let us do 
that, and let us make the wealthiest in our society pay their fair 
share.

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