[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16895-16896]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  DEMOCRATS' TRACK RECORD: RAISE TAXES

  (Mr. DOOLITTLE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, the inevitable insolvency of Social 
Security is not a new problem. Since the program began in 1935, the 
number of workers per retiree has slipped from 40 to just three today. 
And unless Congress acts, the system will be completely bankrupt by the 
year 2041.

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  In light of these facts Republicans have put forth a variety of 
proposals to make Social Security remain solvent for future 
generations. But up to this point, Democrats have chosen to oppose our 
good faith efforts and insist

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that indeed there is no problem. The minority party's only solution to 
saving Social Security is the same solution they have applied to this 
problem for the past 68 years, to raise your taxes. On 50 separate 
occasions when faced with critical decisions to shore up Social 
Security, Democrats have resorted to either raising the payroll tax 
rate or the minimum taxable wage. It is clear their tax hikes have done 
nothing more than mask Social Security's inadequacies and postpone real 
and lasting solutions.

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