[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 26 (Thursday, March 9, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E258]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              SENIOR CITIZENS' FREEDOM TO WORK ACT OF 1999

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                               speech of

                          HON. WALTER B. JONES

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 1, 2000

  Mr. JONES of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of 
the H.R. 5, the Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act.
  I would like to applaud the efforts of Representative Sam Johnson who 
sponsored this bill and my fellow republican colleagues. Your hard work 
on behalf of our nation's seniors to repeal the Social Security 
earnings limit should be commended.
  Within North Carolina alone, 24,386 seniors were effected by the 
earnings limit in 1999, 2.1 percent of all seniors.
  In my opinion, this tax is unfair and un-American.
  Penalizing productive and hardworking citizens who choose to continue 
working during their golden years undermines the very fabric of this 
nation.
  As the baby boom generation retires the number of effected seniors 
will only continue to rise.
  Please join me in supporting this legislation to ensure that working 
seniors do not receive a smaller Social Security check just because 
they earn a paycheck.

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