[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 120 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10045]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       THE DOLE-GINGRICH TAX PLAN

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, the folks who brought us the 
Government shutdown are back at it. Cut taxes on the rich, they say, 
and cut Medicare and student loans to pay for it. The Dole-Gingrich tax 
plan, some $600 billion in tax breaks mostly for the rich, will mean 
ever bigger cuts in Medicare, ever bigger cuts in student loans, ever 
bigger cuts in environmental protection than the original Gingrich 
plan.
  The Gingrich-Dole plan will mean fewer Medicare services and fewer 
student loans. The Gingrich-Dole plan will mean higher Medicare 
premiums, higher Medicare copayments, higher Medicare deductibles, and 
higher costs for middle-class students getting student loans.
  The Dole-Gingrich plan will mean Medicare beneficiaries who are now 
paying about $46 a month in premiums will see their premiums 
approaching $100 a month.
  Mr. Speaker, not cuts in Medicare and student loans to pay for tax 
breaks for the wealthy. It simply does not make sense.

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