[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 172 (Thursday, November 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H11688-H11689]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       WHO PAYS FOR THE TAX CUT?

  (Mr. MILLER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, Members of the House, last 
week the Republicans voted to dramatically slash Medicare by $270 
billion, Medicaid by $180 billion. They voted to raid the pension plans 
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working men and women in this country and to slash educational 
opportunities for those who seek a college education.
  Why did they do it? They did it so they can pay for a tax cut to the 
wealthiest people in this country. The vast majority of their tax cut 
goes to the upper 5 percent of the people in this country. They have 
asked the children, they have asked our college students, and they have 
asked our pensioners to pay for it.
  They say if the President does not agree to it, they are going to 
force the Government to default. If the Government defaults now, they 
are going to ask the pensioners once again to pay for it. They are 
going to ask the retirees to pay again. They are going to ask those 
people who get an income tax refund to pay again. They are going to ask 
homeowners with mortgages to pay again. They are prepared to ask 
everybody to pay in the country, except the wealthiest people in this 
country, for that tax cut.
  They should not be allowed to force this Government to default to 
provide an unfair tax cut to the wealthiest people in this country.

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