[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 152 (Tuesday, November 4, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H9871-H9872]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ``SELFISH'' AMERICANS WANT MORE TAX CUTS

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, earlier this year a Treasury Department 
official described Americans who wanted further tax relief as 
``selfish.'' Two weeks ago the minority leader in the other body said, 
and I quote, that he did not think most Americans were overtaxed. So 
perhaps it should not come as any surprise when I picked up the paper 
this morning to learn that the President described the people of 
Virginia as selfish for supporting a tax cut. According to the 
Washington Times this morning, the President is miffed that voters 
still want tax cuts, even though the economy has improved.
  I have news for the President, the economy has improved because of 
the hard work and ingenuity of the American people. They work hard to 
feed their children's appetites, not Washington's appetite to spend 
money.

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  The Tax Foundation recently released their latest study showing that 
government at all levels is taking the biggest bite out of the 
Americans paychecks in the history of our country. What we need to do 
is what Washington should do. That is to only take that amount of money 
that we need to officially run this Government, and not one penny more.

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