[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13079]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



          DEMOCRATS ARE CONSISTENT: THEY ALL WANT HIGHER TAXES

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, not counting the social security, the 
Congressional Budget Office projects $824 billion in budget surpluses 
over the next 10 years. Again, that is not counting the temporary 
surplus in the social security trust fund.
  What does the Democratic leadership intend to do with these 
surpluses? Well, the President stated last January that he does not 
trust Americans to ``spend it right.'' Yes, that is an exact quote.
  Earlier this month we had the House Minority Leader, the gentleman 
from Missouri (Mr. Gephardt), state for the record twice that he would 
consider raising taxes to pay for an expansion in Federal programs. 
Members heard that right, raise taxes, not cut them.
  Now we have the minority leader in the other body, Mr. Daschle, who 
is on record with this exchange on CNN's Evans and Novak. Asked his 
opinion about raising taxes, Mr. Daschle said, ``It's an option. Of 
course, it's on the table. . . .''
  Think about that. At least the Democratic leadership is consistent. 
They all want higher taxes.

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