[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 98 (Friday, July 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H5136-H5137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                   TAX FAIRNESS FOR WORKING FAMILIES

  (Mr. WYNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, I, too, want to talk about taxes, but I want 
to talk about it in a little different way. I want to talk about tax 
fairness, because that is what this debate is really all about.
  The Republican tax plan gives 60 percent of the benefits in tax cuts 
to the richest 5 percent of Americans. We think that is wrong. We think 
working families, working Americans, ought to get the lion's share of 
the tax benefits.
  If Members look at the Republican plan, we will find something very 
interesting. They are willing to give a child tax credit of $500 per 
child for families making over $100,000 a year, but when we say we have 
a police officer who makes $25,000 a year, or perhaps a clerk that 
makes $30,000 a year, they say, no, they get the earned income tax 
credit so they should not get a child tax credit.
  That does not make sense. They have tax breaks for dinners, lunches, 
for travel, corporate welfare for building roads, corporate welfare for 
attending trade shows overseas; there are lots of tax breaks for the 
wealthy. That is OK. But now, today, we have an opportunity to have tax 
fairness for working families. That is what we ought to do.

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