1998 Ron Paul 57:2
The Chairman. The gentleman from Texas has 1 and 1/2 minutes remaining.
1998 Ron Paul 57:3
Mr. PAUL.
Thank you. I would just like to respond
by saying I certainly do recognize the
responsibility of the U.S. Congress
in dealing with national legislation
dealing with bankruptcy and that
bankruptcy laws should be uniform and
fair. But this does not preclude us from
thinking about the particulars of a
piece of legislation designating the importance
of the different governmental
bodies, so everything I say about emphasizing
local government over Federal
Government is certainly legitimate
and doesn’t contradict in any
way the notion that we should not deal
with this at all because certainly we
have this authority to do so.
1998 Ron Paul 57:4
And it still remains to be seen with
much of a cost at all involved here; I
happen to think not very much, but I
would like to emphasize once again the
importance of dealing with cutting
spending rather than always resorting
to say how do we pay something, pay
for something, by merely raising taxes
elsewhere if we happen to work in a
benefit on a program such as this.
1998 Ron Paul 57:5
So I would say that it is very important
that we do think about local government
over Federal government,
think about less taxes and less bureaucracy,
because unless we change
our mind set on this, we will continue
to put the priorities of the Federal
Government and the IRS up at the top. I want them at the bottom. That’s
where they deserve. They don’t know
how to spend their money. They don’t
know how to spend their money, and
we ought to see to it that they get a lot
less of it.
Note:
1998 Ron Paul Chapter 57
In this chapter, Ron Paul continues a speech begun in
1998 Ron Paul Chapter 56.
