[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]




                         HOW TO GET RICH QUICK

  (Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, over the weekend I saw 
this entertainer, Ed McMahon, on television. He was talking about how 
many of the viewers may be rich already and not even know it. I thought 
how similar that claim was to the ones we are hearing from Democrats 
today, that the American people, the average hardworking families 
earning between $20,000 a year and $75,000 a year, are somehow rich and 
may not even know it.
  We do not have to watch the mail in order to find out whether we are 
wealthy. Under the Democrats' manipulation of income, we can just call 
the Treasury Department now and find out whether we are rich. In fact, 
it is the dirty little secret of the White House and the Democrat 
Party: Get rich quick, call the U.S. Treasury now, find out how they 
have taken your $45,000 income, and now they call you a millionaire on 
the House floor and suggest that you do not deserve a tax cut.
  Call the number of the Treasury Department and find out about their 
dirty little manipulation of your income; 202-622-0120, 202-622-0120, 
the Treasury operators are standing by.

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