[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 13, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      LONE STAR VOICE--DANIEL WOLF

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I bring you news from the people. Boy 
Scout Daniel Wolf of Spring, Texas, wrote me the following about our 
economic crisis.
  ``I am concerned about my generation paying for the mistakes that the 
government is making. It's just not fair. It's kind of like you and a 
friend are doing a project together and he doesn't want to do his part, 
so you end up doing all the work. The government is bailing out Wall 
Street, banks, mortgages, the car industry, and also increasing 
spending and putting our country into more debt and the next generation 
is going to have to pay for it.
  ``The government needs to lower taxes and quit spending so much. I 
think that people should spend the money they earn the way they want to 
and not have the government do it for them.''
  Mr. Speaker, those who say the government needs to take money from 
some citizens and give it to certain special interest groups to 
stimulate the economy are wrong.
  As Boy Scout Daniel says, ``that's not fair,'' and I agree. This 
massive government money grab and redistribution of somebody else's 
income is going to cause more problems during this economic crisis. But 
as it has been said, ``if you think the problems government creates are 
bad, just wait until you see the government's solutions.''
  And that's just the way it is.

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