[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 90 (Thursday, July 13, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1218-E1219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           WE NEED JUSTICE IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SURPLUS

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                          HON. MAJOR R. OWENS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 12, 2000

  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, today's New York Times reports that Democrats 
are showing greater interest in tax cuts. On the floor of this House at 
the beginning of this year I said that a tax cut was inevitable in this 
election year. Those of us who represent the ``Caring Majority'' must 
make certain that this coming tax cut benefits those most in need of 
relief. We must start with a cut in the payroll taxes. And beyond tax 
cuts we must spread the benefits of our blessed surplus to those in 
greatest need. We need more housing; we need prescription drug 
benefits. We need to invest heavily in education to guarantee American 
prosperity for the future. The following ``Chant'' sums up my position 
on this pivotal national decision.

                       Chant For Surplus Justice

     People in need

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     Have no fear,
     Budget surplus facts prove
     There's 200 Billion this year;

     People in need
     Challenge what you hear,
     The Nation needs your votes
     And your voices loud and clear;

     Read our lips,
     The B word is Billion,
     In ten years racing
     All the way to three Trillion;

     People in need
     Have no fear
     Both Compassionate Conservatives
     And Democratic Idealists
     Have rhetoric running full gear:
     Prescription medicare benefits,
     Phased family health care
     The fantasy finished New Deal
     Was never so near;

     People in need
     Challenge What you hear,
     More than rich tax cuts
     Must be spread on the table;

     Deficit paralysis
     Is a rotting fable--
     End U.S. Gulag incarceration
     Demand ten percent of leftovers
     to revamp education,
     Build houses for seniors
     And families with low incomes,
     Round out the rhetoric,
     Allocate desperately needed sums;

     Not a single hungry child should cry,
     For lack of a pill
     No elderly mother should die;

     People in Need
     Challenge what you hear,
     The Nation needs your votes--
     And your voices loud and clear.

     

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