[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 130 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TAX CUTS SHOULD REDUCE TAXES

  (Mr. BAKER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BAKER of California. Mr. Speaker, if a politician says that he 
wants to cut taxes, it would really help his case if the tax cuts would 
actually reduce the tax burden. President Clinton says he wants to cut 
taxes, but if you seriously look at his proposals, you will see not a 
tax cut, but voila, a tax increase.
  A report released this week by the Joint Committee on Taxation shows 
that Bill Clinton's tax proposals will increase taxes $64 billion. Bill 
Clinton's bridge to the 21st century is evidently paved with the hard-
earned tax dollars of the American family. Bill Clinton and the liberal 
Democrats have absolutely no intention of cutting taxes on any American 
family. Despite all the fancy terminology and all the sweet sounding 
words, Democrats remain the tax-and-spend liberals they have always 
been. Nothing has changed; they love big government. And the liberals 
claim that they want to cut your taxes in order to continue robbing the 
people of America to feather their nests here in Washington. This 
report proves it.
  Shame on you liberal Democrats.

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