Providing for Consideration of H.R. 4297, Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation of 2005
PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4297, TAX RELIEF EXTENSION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2005 -- (House of Representatives - December 08, 2005)
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Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I would like to compliment my chairman, Mr. Charles Rangel, for his leadership on this issue.
I am glad to be on the Ways and Means Committee and glad to have the opportunity to talk about some of these taxing issues.
It just amazes me that the majority can stand here and have the gall to tell veterans that they are going to treat them better, to tell the people of America that they are better at solving problems than the government and so we are going to give them two cents back to pay for a $100 bill; to have the gall to say that we are not going to create bigger government and then they created the biggest institution ever, the Homeland Security Department; and that has not taken care of poor people across this country, particularly the victims of Katrina and Rita as it goes on.
But can you imagine they will not tell the American people the truth. They will not tell them that last week we reduced programs so that this week we could extend taxes that do not even need to be extended. Can you contemplate that the extension of the capital gains dividends is going to cost us $50.7 billion over the next 10 years.
Now, work with me for a moment. If you work with me, you could understand that with that $50.7 billion, 12,571,089 people could have health care coverage; 959,230 elementary school teachers could be paid; 7,331,106 Head Start places for children who need a head start could go back to school; 32,565,528 children could receive health care; and, more importantly, we could build 6,514 new elementary schools in these United States.
But, instead, we are going to extend taxes beyond this year when we are still at war in Iraq and we are spending billions of dollars a day to give the Iraqi children what we will not even give our children right here at home.
My math works better than that. See, I know one plus one equals two. I understand that it is these United States that is supposed to be taking care of our babies and giving them a chance to go to school and giving them a chance to go to college. And for them to have the gall to say that a janitor sitting on a stool is going to save some money or get some money on capital gains, give me a break.
You know it is not the janitor sitting on the stool; you know it is the man who owns the janitorial company.
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