[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18492]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   DOES ANYBODY SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING?

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, does anybody see what's happening? Does 
anybody even care? The $700 billion TARP program was to buy troubled 
assets. Did we do that? No. We bought car companies and banks. And we 
own them. And then we took the money away from the bond holders of the 
car companies and gave it to the unions.
  The $787 billion stimulus package only stimulated more welfare. It 
hasn't created jobs. Not one. And now we have put upon us a government 
takeover of health care that's going to lose, according to Christina 
Romer's formula, 4.7 million more jobs.
  This has never been about jobs for the Democrats. It's never even 
been about health care. It's about power.
  Who's going to make the decisions over your life, the personal 
decisions? The Democrats think they can. We think you should.
  Does anybody see what's happening? Does anyone even care?

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