[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 113 (Wednesday, August 4, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H6969]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           AMERICANS CAN BE TRUSTED TO USE THEIR MONEY WISELY

  (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, I want to commend Glenn McCoy of the 
Belleville News-Democrat in Illinois. He is a political cartoonist 
whose cartoon has been circulating throughout the country this week. It 
shows the President of the United States at a McDonald's and the 
cashier behind the counter saying, ``You are right, Mr. President. I 
did charge you too much for your value meal, leaving me with extra 
cash, a surplus, if you will. However, I feel it would be irresponsible 
and risky to give you your money back.''
  How ironic. The President, just a few months ago in Buffalo, New 
York, speaking about the Nation's budget surplus said, we could give it 
all back to you and hope you spend it right, but . . .
  What we see unfolding today in Washington, D.C. is a sad example of 
the ideals of the White House and the President and the Democrat party 
who want to keep the change of the American taxpayers.
  We have a different opinion on the Republican side. We believe the 
American taxpayers deserve their change back. Let us give them their 
change back and trust the American people to build good schools, to 
afford health insurance, and to run their families as they see fit.

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