Republicans to America: Let Them Eat Cake

Republicans to America: Let Them Eat Cake
December 8, 2005

Slaughter Slams Republican Tax Cut for the Super Rich

Washington, DC - Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY-28), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, today chastised a Republican tax bill making permanent $56 billion in capital gains tax cuts largely designed to benefit the wealthiest one percent of Americans. The bill comes just two weeks after the Majority forced a budget reconciliation bill through Congress cutting 50 billion dollars from education, healthcare, foster care, child support and a host of other vital social programs.

"What this bill shows us today is that Republicans care about entrenching privilege - the work of a corrupt and inefficient government - all while talking about tough choices and cutting government waste," Rep. Slaughter said.

"The pursuit of such an agenda violates the trust our constituents have invested in their elected representatives, and it is an abdication of the most fundamental responsibilities of this Congress," she added.

"My friends on the other side of the aisle talk about their agenda of "reform," but they have controlled this Congress for over ten years," Rep. Slaughter continued. "They are the status quo. As much as they want to be the solution, I think we all realize that they have become the problem."

"This Republican leadership has forgotten what made America great: investment in the middle class, investment in our society, investment in education, in opportunity, and in the future," she concluded. "Together, America can do better than what this Republican leadership is proposing here today."

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