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“SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H9728 on Oct. 7, 1998.
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SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY; ELIMINATE MARRIAGE TAX PENALTY
(Mr. WELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, I have an important question to ask this morning. Why does the President want to squander the surplus on new government bureaucratic spending? Why does the President want to squander the surplus on State Department spending and defense spending and, of course, a computer fix for government bureaucracies?
This House just a few weeks ago made a commitment to save Social Security and to use the surplus to save Social Security. This House made a commitment to set aside $1.4 trillion, 90 percent of the projected tax revenue surplus, over the next 10 years and use that to save Social Security.
The remaining dime on the dollar we would then use to eliminate the marriage tax penalty, help expand, build new classrooms in schools back in Illinois, help family farmers, help family businesses, help those who want to send their kids off to college.
Mr. Speaker, it is interesting that the President says, if we use $7 billion of the tax revenue surplus next year to eliminate the marriage tax penalty, that is squandering. But then he turns right around and says let us use $14 billion, twice as much, for government spending, bureaucratic spending. Mr. Speaker, you cannot have it both ways. Let us save Social Security. Let us eliminate the marriage tax penalty.
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SOURCE: ELIMINATE MARRIAGE TAX PENALTY
