[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 156 (Saturday, November 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H10352]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TAXES, LIBERALS AND BUREAUCRATS

  (Mrs. CHENOWETH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Clinton's recent remarks that he 
thinks taxpayers who are in favor of tax cuts are selfish is a truly 
stunning remark to me. It is stunning to think that that is how the 
President and his liberal allies think about those who think that 
Government can get by on a little bit less so that families can have a 
little bit more. But one point that is often missed about the tax 
dollars that are sent to Washington, DC, is the much more fundamental 
point of who gets to spend your dollars. The liberal elite is 
uncomfortable with the idea that you should get to decide what to do 
with your money. They think that the politicians who claim to adhere to 
a higher moral standard have a higher claim on your money and that they 
can use your money in better ways than you can and more fairly and more 
in line with the liberal vision of the elite. That is why they have a 
government knows best attitude and, incredibly, a boundless faith in 
the Federal bureaucrats in Washington to do the right thing.
  Do the right thing? Mr. Speaker, I do not think so.

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