Jack Kingston: “Here we are, 30 years later, $3 trillion later, and here is a…”

On the recordFebruary 1, 1995

Here we are, 30 years later, $3 trillion later, and here is a definition of a trillion: ``If you spent a hundred thousand dollars a minute 24 hours a day, it would take 19 years to get to one trillion.'' We have spent $3 trillion starting with the Great Society under Lyndon Government-Can-Solve-Anything Johnson, and during that period of time the poverty level in 1965 was 14 percent. Today it is 14 percent. So, Mr. Speaker, we have accomplished absolutely nothing except for the absolute destruction of inner city families.

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Discussing the impact of government spending on poverty during a speech.

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