[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 96 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     DEMOCRATIC TAX PLAN IS WELFARE

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, well, the liberals in this place have 
finally done it. After 40 years of building the welfare state, the 
liberals have finally come up with the ultimate welfare policy. They 
have discovered a way to try to turn a tax cut into a welfare program. 
Under the Republican plan, 75 percent of the tax cuts go to people who 
make less than $75,000. Liberals want to give welfare to people who are 
not paying any taxes at all and then call it a tax cut. Welcome to 
liberalism in the 1990's.
  Taking money from the taxpayers and giving it to people who do not 
pay any taxes at all is not a tax cut at all. That is welfare. Let us 
call it what it really is. In fact, it is so ridiculous that I dare 
anyone on the other side to try to come and explain it to my 
constituents with a straight face. Good luck.

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