[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 125 (Thursday, September 23, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8563]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          REPUBLICANS WANT AMERICANS TO SPEND THEIR OWN MONEY

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, the last person in the well made the case 
very clearly as to what the debate is about. The Republican's $792 
billion tax cut gives money back to the people who earned it. The 
Democrats want to spend it. It is just that simple.
  We heard the gentleman say we did not have enough money for education 
and for the programs he wants to spend it on.
  We want you to spend it; they want to spend it for you. It is a very, 
very simple issue.
  The one thing that we are very clear on is that we passed the Social 
Security lockbox. Not one penny of Social Security surpluses will go 
for spending or for tax relief; it will go for Social Security. I will 
repeat it again. We want you to spend it; they want to spend it for 
you.

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