[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 26 (Friday, February 12, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H647-H648]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CUTTING TAXES DOES NOT TAKE MONEY FROM THE POOR TO GIVE TO THE RICH

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, at our gathering we had down in Virginia 
this past week, I got a great and very interesting fact delivered to 
me. Most people do not know how much the tax

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cuts that have been passed by the Republicans in the last several years 
have helped the poor.
  Now this is true: A normal family of four will not pay any Federal 
income tax until they earn over $40,000 a year. That means a large 
percentage of our population pay no income tax at all. So therefore 
when the gentlemen on the other side say over and over again that we 
are going to cut taxes for the rich and attack the poor, that is not 
true. If you cut taxes, only people who pay will pay less. Cutting 
taxes does not take money from the poor to give to the rich.

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