Speech #1050123035

Those Inequitable provisinslike the ethanol fuel tax creitll.. taxation i coal sales as capiltal gains. special tax t.riai.nent of shipping conpanle. capital constrution funds. and diozens of olher prnvishlonbotiielli. tOiporalottns alid lini esites t illthe eI peinse of tii nlddlecl"iHs Atmicantt.s The anienlnionl. coili s111 .b hill otn Iron nonielmtn ihtiiet ioalOlUy sielidlog. an average ieductiotn of 6.9 percent over five years. At the Ule tLine. we recognize that tax relief cannot come at the expense of those programs thiat. ensuLe tihe wellbolng and health of out Intions elderly anl iotist. needy. Oti alelldnmultill il lis io cult Ill Souinl Secu tiy or liirleare. it. ilso specific~ally prloteclts plrogramns~ that support education and child nuttition. support inedical priorities. help lowincome famililes make ends nicet. curb Illeizal drug use a mong children. and reduce Illegal immigration. None of the spending cuts would come ftrm these Inorrlins. The ct. of providing middleclass Uta relhuf-$1955 billion--atnounts to only 2 percent of ite more ihan $9 trlllion that the federal govornment will spend over the next five years.