[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 22211]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 WHEN TAX DOLLARS ARE USED FOR MORE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, THE LIBERALS 
                               ARE SILENT

  (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, if Republicans want to provide 
tax relief to American families, the liberals are outraged. What about 
the national debt, they shout? But when it comes to more Washington 
spending, suddenly, the liberals are silent. Not a word is spoken by 
the liberals about the debt when more spending and bigger government is 
being debated. Suddenly, it is as if the national debt never existed.
  This feigned concern about fiscal discipline and the national debt by 
the same people who have spent the past 40 years expanding government 
and accumulating that debt is obviously insincere. Tax relief never, 
but more government spending, sure. That is the pattern and we see it 
day in and day out. The less revenue the Government takes in, the less 
social engineering, the less redistribution of wealth and the fewer new 
Government programs the left can oversee. That is why they hate tax 
relief so much.

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