[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 23, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5581]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                CRACK THE CHAMPAGNE AND CALL ROBIN LEACH

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, guess what? My colleagues have heard 
this before, but if someone makes $54,000, they are now the rich. They 
just do not know it yet. Or at least that is what the Clinton 
administration has figured with their calculations on who should get a 
tax cut. With the stroke of a calculator they have created funny money. 
They have moved millions of Americans from the middle class to Beverly 
Hills, from Main Street to Rodeo Drive, from the minivan to the limo.
  This new wealth in America includes a lot of people. Who are they?
  Some 1.7 million union members are rich; 8.1 million government 
workers are rolling in dough; 2.4 million teachers better crack the 
champagne and call Robin Leach.
  They are all rich according to the President and they just do not 
need a tax cut.
  We should get serious. We have not had a tax cut in more than 16 
years, and now we have a real chance to provide relief to our families. 
It is time for the left to stop twisting the truth about tax relief.

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