Richard Gephardt: “I would like to introduce to all of my colleagues the Boyer family of Ste. Genevieve, MO, in my district. No strangers…”

“I would like to introduce to all of my colleagues the Boyer family of Ste. Genevieve, MO, in my district. No strangers to hard work and sacrifice, the Boyers are struggling to provide their children with a quality education. Cecil is a janitor in the County Sheriff's Department; Mary, a biology and algebra teacher for the past 23 years at Valle Catholic High School, has started working a second job as an attendant at a local gas station. Now not only are the Boyers taking out student loans, but their daughter, Cathy, a junior at Central Missouri State and their son, Kevin, a Jefferson Community College student are also working part-time jobs. Combined, the Boyer family, four people working five jobs, make about $50,000 a year, middle class by anybody's definition of the word. Under the Democratic tax plan, the Boyers would receive a $1,584 tax cut; under the Republican vision of tax relief the Boyers would receive only $528 in tax cuts. We hope the President can persuade Republicans to move toward the Democratic tax cut and direct relief into the pockets of the families who truly need it.”