[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 50 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3584]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           STRANGE COMPASSION

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, with middle-class families paying 38 to 44 
percent of family income in taxes, the claim that the era of big 
Government is over is utterly absurd. Think about it: 38 to 44 percent 
of middle-class family income goes to taxes. That means that the 
purpose of the second job in the household is to pay for taxes, which 
means you may think that your spouse is a computer operator or real 
estate agent or insurance agent or whatever, but the truth is your 
spouse is a government employee, working for the Government simply to 
pay taxes.
  It got worse in 1993, when the President increased the gas tax 4 
cents a gallon, increased Social Security tax, and increased taxes on 
small business. The Republican plan tried to counter this with a $500 
per child tax credit, an adoption tax credit, and a senior dependent 
tax credit. But the President vetoed that.
  Think about this: We have got a Democrat Party who is telling the 
American people, ``We are compassionate because we want you to get 90 
cents more an hour, but we are against the $500 per child tax credit 
offered by the Republican Party.''
  That is real compassion, comrades, real compassion.

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