On the recordJune 25, 1997
it is painfully obvious by now how painful it is for the liberal Democrats to accept tax cuts of any kind. The truth is they simply cannot justify letting Americans keep more of their hard-earned money. In their view, Mr. Speaker, the politicians are doing people a favor by letting them keep what is already theirs. Their idea of fairness is that the people who worked harder, who went to school a little longer, who got up a little earlier, who stayed at the office a little later, who took the risks, who worked harder to come up with better ideas, their idea of fairness means that those same people are somehow not justified in their desire to be rewarded for their efforts. In the commonsense view of fairness, money does not come easily for those who earn it. The tax cuts in this balanced budget amendment honors work. It lets millions of middle-class taxpayers keep more of what they worked so hard to earn.
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