[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 154 (Thursday, November 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H10110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              DEMOCRATIC PARTY, LET US WORK FOR TAX RELIEF

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, sometimes on particular issues, the 
distinctions between the Democrat and Republican Party are blurred. But 
when it comes to taxes, there is absolutely no doubt.
  What does the leading Democrat in the United States of America have 
to say about tax cuts? They are selfish. Good gracious, you might use 
the money to buy your child new braces. What did he say? He said 
several issues here again. What does the deputy secretary of treasury 
under Clinton say? When it comes to estate taxes, there is no case 
other than selfishness necessary.
  That means, if we work hard all our lives and we want to pass the 
family farm on to our son or daughter so he or she can continue to plow 
the fields that our grandparents walked in, that means we are selfish. 
And then what does the leading Senate Democrat say, Tom Daschle? ``But 
certainly I don't think that many people are overtaxed.''
  Now, go tell that to the people who are working 60, 70 hours a week, 
working overtime, the man and woman passing like ships in the night 
trying to make ends meet, buying new tires, repairing the dryer, trying 
to pay the home mortgage. Tell them that they are being undertaxed and 
they are being selfish because they want more.
  Please, Democratic Party, join the American people and let us work 
for tax relief.

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