[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 10, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H543]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HIGH TAXES AND LOW MORALS

  (Mr. SCHAFFER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, high taxes and low morals, that seems to 
be the winning formula these days for the leader of the free world.
  Not long ago, one of the leaders of the Democrat Party said on the 
House floor, and I quote, that ``Democrats are not in favor of tax 
cuts.'' I think average middle-class Americans do deserve better. When 
Uncle Sam takes one-third of a middle-class family's income, it just 
plain is not fair.
  Mr. Speaker, I find it rather absurd for liberals to assert that the 
government cannot get by on a little less so middle-class families can 
have a little more. We read almost daily about government programs that 
do not work, bureaucracies accountable to no one, and misguided social 
programs that actually make people worse off than if nothing had been 
done at all.
  Government is too big and taxes are too high. It is time to reverse 
course, change our priorities, and make a moral commitment to reduce 
the tax burden on middle-class families.

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