[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 23, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H3123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REPUBLICAN TAX CUT MONOPOLY

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, the Republican-controlled Congress 
recently passed a tax bill which President Bush signed saying, ``With 
this bill, we are sending the American people a clear message about our 
policy.''
  I couldn't agree more. This bill makes America's tax policy into a 
cruel game of Monopoly designed to make winners of the super-rich and 
losers of America's working middle class.
  Under their tax scheme, working middle-class families get the chance 
card and don't fair so well under the Republican bill. They get about 
$20. Not enough to fill their gas tanks. But trust fund millionaires 
with an average income of more than $5 million draw the community chest 
card. They get $82,000. Enough for a brand new limousine.
  The President was right: the Republican tax bill does send a clear 
message about their policy: millionaires win, working middle-class 
families lose, and America needs new leadership.

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