[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26266]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           REVERSE ROBIN HOOD

  (Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, when I was coming up, my 
favorite television program was Robin Hood. The Republican budget 
coming up this week is one example of what I call ``Reverse Robin 
Hood,'' robbing from the poor and working class to give tax breaks to 
the rich, billions of dollars of tax breaks.
  Let me tell you one of the examples of this policy and who it is 
going to hurt: single mothers seeking child support, students 
struggling to get ahead and pay for their college loans, foster kids, 
the sick and the poor whose only access to health coverage is Medicaid, 
those whose nutrition depends on food stamps or school lunches.
  The budget is an outrage, one that clearly and forcefully paints a 
world of two classes of Americans. And with insult added to injury, it 
punishes those who have committed no crime but to be old, young, sick 
or uneducated. It punishes the working poor.
  Mr. Speaker, the Republicans practice reverse Robin Hood.

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