JOHN LINDER: “The people watching this on C-SPAN must be thoroughly confused by now, because according to the comments from the other…”

“The people watching this on C-SPAN must be thoroughly confused by now, because according to the comments from the other side, virtually everybody in America is wealthy. They have been quoting all day Citizens for Tax Justice, a so-called nonpartisan think tank which is in fact connected to Ralph Nader. The American people ought to know that. The fact of the matter is the Heritage Foundation and other studies such as the Tax Foundation have said that the Republican plan covers 11 more, 11 million, the Republican plan covers 11 million more children than the President's plan. Indeed, the gentleman from California has been concerned about the children being excluded. The Republican plan in his own district covers 24,735 more children than the President's plan. The President and the Treasury Department have been simply unfair to this debate because they recalculated wealth.”