[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 186 (Monday, November 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13359]
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          END TAX BREAKS FOR THE WEALTHY AND CORPORATE WELFARE

  (Mr. SANDERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. Speaker, the key issue under debate now is not 
whether we balance the budget in 6 years or 7 years or 8 years. They 
key issue is how we balance the budget, whether we balance it in a fair 
and just way or whether we balance it on the backs of the weakest and 
most vulnerable people in our society, the elderly, the children, the 
working people, and the poor.
  In my view, instead of cutting Medicare, we should cut the $125 
billion a year we give in tax breaks and subsidies to the big 
corporations and the wealthy, which is corporate welfare. Instead of 
cutting back on Medicaid and veterans' needs, we should cut back on the 
B-2 bombers and star wars and the other military spending that is 
unnecessary and not asked for by the Pentagon.
  Instead of cutting back on education and student loans, we should 
make absolutely certain that at a time when the rich are becoming 
richer, we do not give 1 penny of tax breaks to the wealthy or the 
large corporations.

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