[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 131 (Saturday, September 26, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H8974]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        IT IS TIME FOR TAX CUTS

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, George Bernard Shaw once stated that, ``A 
government which robs from Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the 
support of Paul.''
  The Democratic leadership and the liberal Democrats are absolutely 
supporting Paul. They are demagoguing the issue of tax cuts and are 
claiming that Social Security will be jeopardized by any such cuts.
  These same Democrats, who spent billions and billions of dollars on 
failed and wasteful social programs, have had 40 years to fix Social 
Security. Now they are claiming that any such tax cut will threaten its 
future.
  Well, the same Democrats who helped pass the bipartisan balanced 
budget last summer which included tax cuts now say that tax cuts are 
off the table.
  They oppose tax cuts when we are in a budget deficit. Of course, they 
do not want to cut spending. They oppose tax cuts when there is a 
budget surplus because it will somehow threaten Social Security.
  Any excuse to oppose tax cuts will do.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to stop robbing Peter and let him keep his 
hard-earned money. Who knows, maybe we will even create a job for Paul. 
It is time to pass a tax cut.

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