[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 92 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4650]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       FISCAL YEAR 1998 TAX BILL

  (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, Voltaire once said that the 
purpose of politics is to take as much money as you can from one group 
of people and give it to another.
  It seems to me that that is exactly what my Republican colleagues 
have taken a page from, taking money from the low-income working class 
families so that they can give it to the rich, taking milk out of the 
mouth of babes so that the richest 5 percent of the people in our 
country get a break. Denying working families the opportunity to send 
their sons and daughters to college so that the rich, the wealthiest 1 
percent of families, can boost their incomes by an average of $27,000 
per year.
  If this is what America is about, then I say, ``Gimme a break.'' That 
is why I support the Rangel Democratic alternative which will allow 
millions of Americans to realize real savings.
  I also urge my colleagues to continue to do more, and that is why I 
have introduced a measure that will give working families with children 
up to age 18 additional relief and would further target capital gains 
credits for these families.

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