[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19457]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



          IT IS THE SAME OLD NONSENSE, THE LEFT HATES TAX CUTS

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, how is it that creating new spending programs 
will not blow a hole in the deficit, but tax cuts will? Liberals accuse 
Republicans of fiscal irresponsibility for passing tax relief, and yet 
they call us extremist in every single attempt we make to hold the line 
on spending.
  During the 1980s, in the Reagan years liberals insisted that social 
spending not be cut. Not only that, they insisted that spending on 
social programs increase at levels far higher than the rate of 
inflation. Then they turned around and blamed President Reagan for the 
deficits.
  During the 1980s, tax rates were cut but tax revenues doubled. 
Members heard that right, tax rates were reduced but the economy boomed 
so strongly that revenues increased. In fact, they doubled. Yet, 
liberal Democrats blamed the deficits on the tax cuts.

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  It is the same old line. The left just hates tax cuts, plain and 
simple.

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