[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16225]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       CREATING JOBS FOR AMERICA

  (Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, no Republican in Congress is 
trying to protect millionaires or billionaires. In fact, Republicans 
lose most of the wealthiest counties and neighborhoods by very large 
margins. Much of the impasse in the current negotiations is over who is 
going to spend the money. Republicans do not want higher taxes simply 
because so much of what the Federal Government spends is lost to waste, 
fraud, and abuse.
  The most wasteful, inefficient way to spend money is to turn it over 
to the Federal Government. The best way to create jobs and hold prices 
steady is to let private citizens spend and invest as they choose. The 
wealthy do all right even in socialist countries. But lower-income and 
working people come out much better in countries that allow the most 
free enterprise. Millionaires and billionaires can take care of 
themselves. Republicans are simply trying to help create jobs and keep 
the cost of living from going out of sight for ordinary people.

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