[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 135 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H9190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                TAX CUTS

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, what do liberals, in the bottom of their 
hearts, think about tax cuts?
  Well, you do not have to speculate any more because the liberals 
these days, from the President on down, are saying out loud exactly 
what they think about tax cuts. They call tax cuts an election year 
gimmick.
  Last year the President called the people in Virginia who supported a 
tax cut selfish, selfish for daring to suggest that people should be 
able to keep more of their own money. The truth is, liberals really do 
believe that tax cuts are nothing more than an election year gimmick. 
It is simply inconceivable to the liberal mind-set that the Republicans 
believe as a matter of principle that the government takes too much of 
your money and then wastes too much of what it takes.
  Allowing the people to keep more of what already belongs to them is a 
gimmick to liberals. To Republicans, it is a fundamental freedom issue. 
To people who work very hard to build a life for themselves and their 
family, to pursue the American dream, this must be a surprising bit of 
news indeed.

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