[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 30 (Wednesday, March 10, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H931]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     THE ADMINISTRATION'S NEW MATH

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask everybody in the 
House to get a pencil and paper and take down this number. We are 
getting close to tax time. Ready. Here it is. One, one, two, nine, two, 
five. That number again one, one, two, nine, two, five.
  Now, here is another number, six, seven, six. These are not phone 
numbers, but six, seven, six ought to be a call for help.
  The first number, $112,925, that is the average tax cut that 
millionaires will see in their 2003 return. The second number is $676. 
That is the average tax cut for the average American.
  This is the administration's new math, obscene tax cuts for the 
wealthy, crumbs for the average American. This administration did not 
create a single job in the last month in the private sector. That is 
not recovery. Where are the unemployment benefits, Mr. Speaker?

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