[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 129 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H8538]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          AS ELECTION DAY DRAWS NEARER, TAX CUT RHETORIC GROWS

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, as we can tell from the tone of the 
remarks and the date on the calendar, the rhetoric grows more and more 
pointedly partisan in this Chamber, and I guess that is a function 
again of time and of what transpires.
  I have listened with interest this morning to my friends on the left 
continue to talk as if they are the saviors of Social Security. A 
couple of historic points might be in order.
  First of all, for purposes of full disclosure, we should point out 
that our friends on the liberal side of the aisle over the 40 years of 
time when they were in control never set aside one penny to save Social 
Security. Zero point zero. Zilch. Nada.
  On the other hand, the new majority embraces a plan that would take 
in excess of $1.4 trillion and use it to save Social Security and use a 
relatively meager $80 billion to allow the people of the United States 
to keep more of their hard-earned money.
  What the left really tells us, Mr. Speaker, is: No tax cuts, no time, 
no how.

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