[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 104 (Tuesday, August 2, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: August 2, 1994]
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             CRIME BILL IS BIG SPENDING OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, if social spending was the antidote to 
crime, America's neighborhoods would be safe.
  The $1 trillion we now spend on social welfare has not put a dent in 
crime, and there is no reason to believe that $9 billion more will stop 
one criminal either.
  Not only is the so-called crime bill bad, big spending, it is--in 
true liberal form--micromanaged. For instance, midnight basketball 
leagues must have 80 players, half must live in public housing and the 
funding will go to communities with a high incidence of HIV infection.
  Setting aside that ridiculousness, teenagers should be asleep at 
midnight so they can get up in the morning and go to school or work.
  The way to stop crime is to remove from the community that small 
percentage of individuals who are robbing, raping, killing, and selling 
drugs. The American people recognize the crime bill as the liberal 
spending of more taxpayer dollars. They also recognize we cannot pass a 
bad crime bill so the President can hold a signing ceremony surrounded 
by cops.

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