[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3809]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TAX CUTS FOR PEOPLE WHO PAY TAXES

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, it should be a no-brainer that 
tax cuts should go to people who are taxpayers. Many Americans might 
well wonder how anyone could even think of, let alone give, a tax cut 
to people who do not pay taxes. But remember, this is Washington.
  Words mean nothing. That is why tax cuts are still a defining 
difference between Republicans and Democrats. Republicans are for tax 
cuts.
  Republicans believe that hard-working Americans deserve to keep and 
spend more of the money that they earn. For too long, Democrats opposed 
any tax cuts for working Americans as gifts from Washington to the so-
called rich.
  Now, some Democrats claim they support tax cuts. However, actions 
speak louder than words. It turns out the Democrats and the President's 
proposed tax credit for children would transfer more money from the 
pockets of taxpayers to the pockets of people who pay no taxes.
  Americans are wondering, Mr. Speaker, why is the Democrats' child tax 
credit more like welfare spending than a tax cut?

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