[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 18, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        AMERICA DESERVES A RAISE

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, ``America deserves a raise.'' That is a 
slogan I quite agree with. I have a proposal that will give millions of 
taxpayers exactly that. It is called tax cuts. This is a method that 
probably has never occurred to those who coined the slogan, ``America 
deserves a raise,'' but tax cuts are the best way to give taxpayers a 
raise.
  Now, of course, the politicians really would not be giving anybody 
anything. The money people earn is already theirs to begin with. 
Government would only be letting them keep more of what they work so 
very hard to get.
  Mr. Speaker, taxpayers do deserve a break. They should be able to 
keep more of their own money. They would then have the power to live 
their lives as they see fit, more freedom to realize their dreams, to 
build for the future and to provide for themselves and their families.
  Yes, Mr. Speaker, America deserves a raise.

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