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Andrea Seastrand: the liberal Democrat leadership will be holding mock hearings today for the sole purpose of criticizing the Republican…

On the recordSeptember 5, 1996
the liberal Democrat leadership will be holding mock hearings today for the sole purpose of criticizing the Republican plan to cut taxes by 15 percent. Liberal Democrats just can't stand the idea of Americans keeping what they earn. For some reason, they love big government; they love spending billions and trillions of hard-earned tax dollars on Washington-based bureaucracy. Today at their hearing, liberal Democrats will bring the old arguments that Republicans want to slash programs to the elderly to pay for tax breaks for the rich. But these arguments have been thoroughly rejected by the American people. Congress has proven that we can have substantial tax relief while saving sensitive programs, like Medicare, from bankruptcy. The difference here is that Republicans trust the American people. Families should have the freedom to do what they want with their own money. Liberal Democrats love big government and they love the big taxes needed to run it.
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Andrea Seastrand
Republican · California

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Criticizing the Democratic leadership's hearings on tax cuts during a floor speech.

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