[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 47 (Monday, April 15, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             HAPPY TAX DAY

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, the Medicare trust fund had its first 
deficit in history, and the reason given was payroll taxes were less 
than expected.
  Now, how could this be if there have been 8 million new jobs? Could 
it be that maybe these jobs are very suspect?
  Check this out: Screw supervisor, nut former, ball sorter, needle 
straightener, bucket chucker, slitter, creaser, slaughter operator. Do 
not laugh. These are all jobs listed by the Department of Labor.
  If that is not high-tech enough for you, how about sucker machine 
operator? How about carcass splitter. Just imagine, if we create more 
sucker machine operators and carcass splitters, we will balance the 
budget.
  If anybody asks my opinion, I would have to say beam me up. I think 
these screw supervisors all work for the Internal Revenue Service. 
Happy Tax Day.

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