House Proceeding 04-06-06 on Apr 6th, 2006 :: 5:17:10 to 5:20:35
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Speech By: Thaddeus G. McCotter

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Thaddeus G. McCotter: is that we have the consent of the government. through their elected representatives not to take that money in the first place it is not a giveaway. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker

5:17:10 to 5:17:24( Edit History Discussion )

Steven R. Rothman: pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. cardin: i would yield to mr. rothman for wo minutes. mr. rothman: thank you, mr. cardin. i want to respond to the gentleman.

5:17:10 to 5:20:35( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Steven R. Rothman

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Steven R. Rothman: it's a question of religious values, but i thought every major religion in the world said that those with extreme wealth should not be living high on the hog while everybody else is suffering.

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Steven R. Rothman: i thought that that's what every major religion talked about. and if i'm correct in my american history, the income tax doesn't say, give the money to the rich and they don't have to pay any

5:17:54 to 5:18:09( Edit History Discussion )

Steven R. Rothman: more than the poor. our income tax system is a progressive system under the american belief that if you are incredibly wealthy you should be paying a little more in taxes, not only in dollar

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Steven R. Rothman: amount but in percentage of your taxes. that's been our tax policy in this country since there was an income tax at the beginning of the 20th century. so we know as americans, as good, moral

5:18:23 to 5:18:35( Edit History Discussion )

Steven R. Rothman: people, mr. chairman, that this is the right thing to do. you don't give your money to the people who need it the least. now, you say that they'd earned it and you are not giving back their

5:18:35 to 5:18:54( Edit History Discussion )

Steven R. Rothman: money, however you want to describe it. how much money do we get in from those taxes? we get enough money to still have the largest deficit, not pay for education costs and veterans costs and other

5:18:54 to 5:19:06( Edit History Discussion )

Steven R. Rothman: costs. unless we say to those who got trillions of tax cuts since 2001, you know, you're making over $500,000 a year, you got tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of tax cuts since

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Steven R. Rothman: 2001. perhaps during this time of war, perhaps during the time of the greatest deficit in the history of the united states, we're going to say this year, let's give the money or take your

5:19:20 to 5:19:33( Edit History Discussion )

Steven R. Rothman: taxes and use it to defray to prevent -- can i have another two minutes, sir? mr. cardin: an additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional one minute.

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Steven R. Rothman: mr. rothman: we are going to help the middle class by getting rid of the alternative minimum tax. . mr. chairman, i've said it before, i'll say it again. it's worth repeating. there is a

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Steven R. Rothman: difference between the democrats and the republican majority. the democrat minority, hopefully to be the majority after november, we believe the money that's collected in taxes should be spent

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Steven R. Rothman: wisely, prioritized to meet the needs of our country, the middle class, the working class, to give incentives to people to work. if you're making $1 million, $10 million, you're going to

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Steven R. Rothman: have to pay your fair share, and you can afford to allow your taxes to help the middle class. your kids are going to go to college, you're going to be able to eat, and you'll drive your

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Steven R. Rothman: rolls royce every week and fill it up with gasoline. that's the difference, not class warfare, what we do with our money. give it to the rich or to the middle class who are the heart and soul

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Steven R. Rothman: and lifeblood of this economy and this country. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. english: mr. speaker, in order to steer

5:20:35 to 5:20:53( Edit History Discussion )

Thaddeus G. McCotter: the discussion away from religion and back to economic literacy, i yield two more minutes to the gentleman from michigan, mr. mccotter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan

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Speech By: Thaddeus G. McCotter