[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 131 (Saturday, September 26, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H8974-H8975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                DEMOCRATS' POSITION ON TAX CUT IS GOOFY

  (Mr. BLUNT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BLUNT. Mr. Speaker, did those who supported tax cuts last summer 
as part of the balanced budget agreement, and oppose them today, last 
year raid the Social Security fund when they voted for tax cuts? Why 
was it that last year the tax cuts that were passed while the budget 
was in a deficit were not a threat to Social Security, but tax cuts 
while the budget is in surplus are?
  This is just goofy, Mr. Speaker.
  The other side is counting yet again on their hopes that seniors will 
not know the facts, so they can scare them just like they did 2 years 
ago about cuts in Medicare. Those cuts turned out to be actually 
increases in Medicare.
  Even goofier is their obvious bad faith in opposing tax cuts this 
year,

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along with their argument that billions and billions of dollars of new 
spending they support does not raid Social Security.
  Well, my friends on the other side of the aisle, which is it? Is 
spending on education, health care, welfare, and the environment a 
``raid'' on the Social Security trust fund or not?

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