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Jack Kingston: Well, they have a good fish and shrimp platter that is waiting just for you. It has got your name on it. Anyway, I said…

On the recordFebruary 12, 2007
Well, they have a good fish and shrimp platter that is waiting just for you. It has got your name on it. Anyway, I said to Tracy, Okay, for the $2 that we get from you that goes to the soldiers at Fort Stewart, goes to the schools, to the building, to the teachers, goes to the roads, goes to the police officers, you are okay with those things because we all agree we need them? And she says, Yes, sir. And I said, Okay. Now, if you know I could do it for $1.50, would you want that extra 50 cents or would you let me have it? Because, you know, if I had that extra 50 cents from you, I could spend money. I could go out and maybe improve some health care and take care of some farm programs. And who knows? I might even get a little bit more of the Federal Government dollars down to our part of the State. She didn't like that idea. She felt like she could manage her 50 cents better than we could in Washington, D.C. And I serve on the Appropriations Committee, and I have to say for a high school girl, she is certainly accurate.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Discussing the management of tax dollars and local needs during a speech.

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