[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17020]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  BUDGET SURPLUS CHOICES: GIVE IT BACK TO THE TAXPAYERS OR SEND IT TO 
                               WASHINGTON

  (Mr. WELDON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, all the liberals who now claim to 
be so concerned that the budget surplus not go back to the taxpayers 
and instead go towards debt reduction, a national debt many of them 
helped create, do have an option.
  They are perfectly free to take the money that they get back in tax 
relief in the years ahead and return it back to Washington. Yes, send 
it to Washington and trust the politicians to use it for debt 
reduction.
  Yes, I am sure that is exactly what they will do, all those liberals 
who say that they are upset that people could get back a little bit of 
what they have earned, a little bit of what belongs to them.
  Why is it that all those middle-class families whom the Democrats 
call rich will feel quite qualified to spend it right, as the President 
so famously said? The choice is send the budget surplus to Washington 
or give it back to the people who labored long and hard to earn it in 
the first place. That is our choice.
  Washington versus the people. It is no surprise which side the 
majority of Democrats are on.

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