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Cass Ballenger: “What do we call a tax cut for people who do not pay taxes? I call it welfare. And once again, the Democrats want more…”

On the recordJune 17, 1997
What do we call a tax cut for people who do not pay taxes? I call it welfare. And once again, the Democrats want more welfare spending instead of tax cuts for working Americans. It has been 16 years since working Americans got their taxes cut. We tried in the last Congress to pass tax cuts, but the President vetoed our efforts. This year, with the budget agreement, we seem to have paved our way to lower taxes. But now some folks want to give people who do not pay taxes a tax cut. It is this kind of logic that drives working Americans crazy about Washington. It is like giving a car to someone who cannot drive or a drowning man a drink of water. Mr. Speaker, let us give tax cuts to people who pay taxes. America deserves a tax cut now.
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Cass Ballenger
North Carolina
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Discussing tax cuts and welfare during a House floor speech.

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