[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21306]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT GONE WILD

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Congress is spending money we don't 
have on things we cannot afford. We spent billions on the so-called 
stimulus that hasn't worked. The government took over the car industry 
and gave money to the fat cats on Wall Street. Congress gave money, 
America's money, to the banking industry, and this House passed a 
national energy tax.
  The government is out of control. Nearly 10 percent of the people are 
unemployed. With these hard economic times, now we are told we have to 
spend $1 trillion on a health care bill that is still confusing to most 
Americans. Where are we supposed to get the money?
  We cannot continue to spend money we don't have and borrow it from 
our ``friends'' like China. This spending will cause inflation, and 
eventually somebody is going to get a massive tax increase to pay for a 
government gone wild.
  Some taxacrats wish to tax small businesses into oblivion, the 
backbone of our country. Even if this were the greatest health care 
bill in the world, we can't afford to tax more Americans to pay for it. 
The American people deserve a break from all the spending, borrowing 
and taxation.
  And that's just the way it is.

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