[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 4, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3278]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     A MESSAGE TO THE MIDDLE CLASS

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I have a message for all of those in the 
middle class out there: Every time you hear the liberals attacking tax 
cuts as tax cuts for the wealthy, hold onto your wallets. Because when 
liberals talk about tax cuts for the wealthy, they are really talking 
about you, the middle class.
  That is right, Mr. Speaker. Tax cuts for the wealthy are code words 
for tax cuts for the middle class, and the big-government crowd will 
have none of that.
  Yes, Mr. Speaker, it is the same big-government crowd that acts as if 
they are doing you a favor by letting you keep what is already yours. 
Of course, they do not really think you are entitled to keep the fruits 
of your labor. The only thing the big-government crowd thinks that you 
are entitled to is the fruits of other people's labor.
  Surprise, surprise, the politicians are the ones who get to decide 
what to take and what special interest groups to give it to.
  Let us give the middle class a tax break and stop Washington from 
wasting so much of middle-class taxpayers money.

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