[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 14, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H6630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          GRANDSON OF STIMULUS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, there is a new horror movie sequel 
here in Washington, DC. It's called the Grandson of Stimulus, and it's 
really scary.
  First, we had the $700 billion Stimulus I. That was a year and a half 
ago. It was supposed to be spent on roads and bridges and 
infrastructure, but according to the New York Post, Stimulus I turned 
into an $800 billion bottle of snake oil, and it cost $100 billion more 
than the entire Iraqi war. In July, we had Son of Stimulus, the Sequel. 
It cost the taxpayers another $30 billion. It was a bailout for failed 
State governments. Now they're proposing Stimulus III: Grandson of 
Stimulus. It's another $50 billion in so-called stimulus spending. They 
say it's for roads and bridges and infrastructure again.
  Maybe Congress should quit spending money we don't have and let 
Americans keep more of their own money. That would help get the country 
out of the poorhouse. Let the taxpayers keep their own money.
  And that's just the way it is.

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