[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H9995-H9996]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CUTTING TAXES IS NOT SELFISH

  (Mr. NEUMANN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. NEUMANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to look at the results 
of last night's elections and see that the people have spoken and they 
do not believe it is selfish for the working families of this great 
Nation to want to keep more of their own money in their own home and 
spend it on their families, rather than sending it to whatever

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the taxing organization might be, whether it be Washington or their 
local tax burden.
  We understand that the President said that he believes it is selfish, 
selfish, for people to support tax cuts. Mr. President, it is not 
selfish for our hard-working families that are going to receive the 
$400 per child tax credit to want to keep that money in their home to 
use on their families rather than send it to Washington, DC.
  It is not selfish for a hard-working family that is maybe now working 
three jobs to want to keep more of their own hard-earned money in their 
family so they only need to work two jobs instead of three to make ends 
meet, so they can keep more money there and spend more time with their 
families because they are now only working two jobs instead of three. 
That is not selfish. That is family values of this great Nation that we 
live in. That is the opportunity for parents to spend more time with 
their children.

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