[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 15, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H6689]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    DEMOCRATS CONTINUE FIGHT FOR MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUTS AND DEFICIT 
  REDUCTION; REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO HOLD MIDDLE CLASS HOSTAGE TO TAX 
                          CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY

  (Mr. ELLISON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, in this time of debate around taxes and 
taxation, it's hard to figure out what's really true. Republicans say 
this; Democrats say that. Let me tell you what's actually the fact.
  The fact is that the Republicans want to give the top 2 percent of 
the wealthiest Americans tax breaks that would add $700 billion to the 
deficit over the next 10 years. They're saying they're going to stop 
tax cuts for middle class people unless the top 2 percent get their tax 
cut that would add $700 billion to the deficit. Now, that's not fair 
given that middle class people have faced foreclosure, have faced a 
drop in home value, have faced unemployment, have faced so many 
difficult economic hurdles.
  Why do they insist on giving the top 2 percent a huge tax break that 
they don't need, only giving the top 2 percent that tax break? Middle 
class people need relief. Middle class people need it now.

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