[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16473]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   DEMOCRATS ARE TAXING AND SPENDING

  (Mr. AKIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. AKIN. Mr. Speaker, congressional Democrats are looking to fund 
$190 billion in spending projects. However, they don't have $190 
billion. So the Democrats seem to be disguising the truth from the 
American people by playing hide and seek. They are hiding $190 billion 
by claiming it's in a reserve fund. But there isn't any reserve fund.
  So where will $190 billion come from? Well, the Democrats have voted 
to terminate the Republican tax cuts of 2001 through 2003. The money 
will come from the American taxpayers.
  As much as I strongly disagree with tax increases, the least the 
Democrats can do is to level with the American people.
  Rather than playing hide and seek, the Democrats should have the 
political courage to admit that they are taxing and spending. The 
American people deserve to know the truth. After all, it's their money.

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