[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 153 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H9598-H9599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HELP SAVE MEDICARE

  (Mr. HERGER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 


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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Speaker, Democrats have been playing a broken record 
for the last few months. It goes something like this: ``Medicare is not 
really going bankrupt--Republicans only want to give a tax break to the 
rich.''
  What unmitigated drivel. I've heard a lot of tall stories in my time, 
but this takes the prize. It is true that Republicans advocate tax 
cuts. But the vast overwhelming majority of those tax cuts go to 
middle-income working American families. One of those tax cuts is the 
$500-per-child tax credit for almost every child in America.
  Now, let me ask a question: Are there more millionaires in this 
country, or working families with children?
  The most important point to realize here is that tax cuts have 
nothing to do with Medicare. Even if the budget was balanced and rich 
people were taxed 100 percent of their income, Medicare would still go 
broke in 7 years.
  Mr. Speaker, Democrats need to fix their broken record and begin 
helping Republicans save Medicare.

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