[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21044]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



DEMOCRATS DO NOT TRUST AMERICANS TO SPEND THEIR OWN MONEY THE RIGHT WAY

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Madam Speaker, many Democrats have stated that tax 
cuts would be risky. Well, of course they would. They believe the 
average Americans, to quote the President, might not spend it right.
  Is this not the perfect expression of a liberal mindset? They really 
do believe that money that people earn does not really belong to them. 
They do not trust people to spend it right, whatever that means. After 
all, we all know that Washington knows best. It seems clear to me that 
Democrats do not quite agree with the proposition that rich or poor the 
money people earn belongs to them, not the Government.
  In fact, liberals imply that any time the Government cuts taxes, it 
is doing everyone a favor, as if giving someone something. It is not giving 
anyone anything. It is merely taking less from what is already yours.
  So every time we hear a Democrat call a Republican tax relief package 
risky, just remember why they are doing so.

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