[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             CUTTING TAXES

  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, I must say, I get a little irritated when 
the folks on the other side resort to the only card in their deck: 
class envy.
  Yes, America, the land of class envy.
  In the liberal vision, America is not a land of unlimited 
opportunity, a land where all Americans are encouraged to become as 
prosperous as their God-given talents and hard work will take them. No; 
in the liberal vision we do not encourage people to become rich. We 
must tear them down.
  No; in the liberal vision of success, it must not be considered the 
just rewards of hard work; success must be attacked.
  No; in the liberal vision, instead of serving as a spur to your own 
success, government must expropriate wealth that others have produced.
  Mr. Speaker, we reject that liberal vision. Pitting one class against 
another is destructive, counterproductive and just plain wrong.
  Cutting taxes on Americans, rich or poor, is nothing more than the 
belief that Americans should get to keep more of the wealth that they 
produce.

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