[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 100 (Thursday, July 21, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H6209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  DEMOCRATS' TRACK RECORD: RAISE TAXES

  (Mr. DOOLITTLE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, the inevitable insolvency of Social 
Security is not a new problem. Since the program began in 1935, the 
number of workers per retiree has slipped from 40 to just three today. 
And unless Congress acts, the system will be completely bankrupt by the 
year 2041.

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  In light of these facts Republicans have put forth a variety of 
proposals to make Social Security remain solvent for future 
generations. But up to this point, Democrats have chosen to oppose our 
good faith efforts and insist that indeed there is no problem. The 
minority party's only solution to saving Social Security is the same 
solution they have applied to this problem for the past 68 years, to 
raise your taxes. On 50 separate occasions when faced with critical 
decisions to shore up Social Security, Democrats have resorted to 
either raising the payroll tax rate or the minimum taxable wage. It is 
clear their tax hikes have done nothing more than mask Social 
Security's inadequacies and postpone real and lasting solutions.

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