[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 111 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1375]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CALIFORNIA NEEDS A BALANCED FEDERAL BUDGET

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                            HON. RON PACKARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 25, 1996

  Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, my Republican colleagues and I know the 
infinite potential for our great Nation if we balance the budget. What 
many do not realize is what it means at home in our own States.
  The House-passed balanced budget clearly shows that we can balance 
the budget, provide tax relief to working families, and still provide 
Federal spending for programs crucial to State and local governments. 
However, if spending continues to grow unchecked, as it has in the 
past, we will heap even more debt on the backs of our children--
California's children.
  Californians already pay more in taxes than just about any State in 
the Union. California families, who today pay a higher share of their 
family income in taxes than at any time in our Nation's history, need a 
balanced budget. We have been a donor State for far too long. It's time 
the scales tilted.
  Oddly enough, even the unions that rely on government spending agree 
that a balanced budget works for California--dollars for California 
actually go up under Congress' plan to balance the budget.
  Mr. Speaker, we know that a balanced budget is good for the country. 
More importantly, it is good for America's hard-working families--and, 
it is good for California.

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