On the recordMarch 22, 1996
recently Bill Clinton submitted the details of his fiscal year 1997 budget. I think it is safe to call this new budget adventures in fantasyland. The adventure begins with the illusion of serious Medicare reform. Not real Medicare reform, mind you, just empty rhetoric and fake concern. Then, we'll proceed to fictitious welfare reform where all we get are vetoes and a lot of hot air. After that, we'll travel to the tax cut mirage where tax relief seems almost within grasp, then disappears the closer we get. Mr. Speaker, the American people now the drill by now. They have a President unwilling to keep his promises, one who hides behind politics to avoid making the tough choices. This new budget is not a serious attempt to end big government. Really, it is just an image, a fantasy, another broken promise.
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