Dependent on the Government

Floor Speech

Mr. RICE of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, my friends across the aisle like to say ``therefore, the working class,'' but their actions speak more loudly than their words.

The working man just got a $100 a month pay cut with the expiration of the payroll tax cut. The President's war on coal will deny our cheapest fuel and will increase American families' monthly utility bills by another $50 a month. The administration's energy policy is designed to drive up costs at the pump--over $1 a gallon in the last 4 years--costing the average working family $150 per month. And now comes ObamaCare.

Forbes Magazine estimates that medical insurance will average 90 percent more for men and 60 percent more for women, costing families hundreds of additional dollars per month. Sooner or later, these $100s per month add up.

The administration has a plan: break the middle class with taxes and higher costs so we'll all be dependent on the government. But hey, at least then we'll get subsidized government health insurance.

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