Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to yield
1 minute to the gentleman from
Texas, the gentleman, Mr. PAUL, Dr. PAUL.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Gentleman is recognized for 1 minute.
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Mr. PAUL.
Thank you for yielding. I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend.
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Mr. PAUL.
I rise in
strong objection to this motion. This
should be a very easy vote for all of us;
we should all vote no. They already
have $35 billion of our money. They
want $18 billion more. That is $53 billion.
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Think about it. Some of you would
like to spend that on military, on
national defense. That wouldn’t be
too bad an idea. Others might want to
spend it on domestic welfare programs. This would certainly be a better idea than bailing out rich bankers and foreign governments. And besides, there are some of us
who would like to give the $53 billion
back to the American people and lower
their taxes. But to give them another
$18 billion doesn’t make any sense.
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And then to come to us and say it won’t cost the taxpayers any money is
absurd. Why do they come here and try
to sneak through this appropriation
with a parliamentary trick, if it isn’t
going to cost the taxpayers any
money? Certainly it’s going to cost
the taxpayers money. It adds to the national
debt, and we have to pay interest
on the national debt. This is a cost.
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Now, the Director of the IMF had an
interesting proposal. He said this won’t cost us anything because it’s coming out of the Central Bank.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman is expired.
