[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 87 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES

  (Ms. McKINNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, in 1981, President Reagan convinced 
Congress to increase military spending and cut taxes for the wealthy, 
claiming this would balanced the budget by 1983. Well, 1983 came along 
and our deficit exploded to $207 billion in just the first 2 years of 
the Reagan administration.
  Yesterday, Mr. Speaker, Republican leaders did the exact same thing. 
The Republican budget resolution passed last night actually increases 
the deficit by $40 billion over the next 2 years, just to pay for--you 
guessed it--tax breaks and star wars.
  In summary, Mr. Speaker, Republican leaders shut down the Government 
twice just so they could increase the deficit by $40 billion, leaving 
real deficit reduction to future congresses.
  As Forrest Gump said, Mr. Speaker, ``stupid is, as stupid does.''

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