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JOHN LINDER: ATMs ran out of cash, so now we have no idea how those funds were spent, but I suspect many can guess. The Subcommittee…

On the recordMay 20, 2010
ATMs ran out of cash, so now we have no idea how those funds were spent, but I suspect many can guess. The Subcommittee on Welfare, on which I serve, recently had a hearing on this fund. One witness noted taxpayers already spend an incredible $953 billion per year on welfare and other low-income benefits. I asked the administration witness sent to us is she still asking for more welfare spending. I said, Is it your testimony that $953 billion is not enough? Her answer was telling: Who's to say what is enough? It is time that the American people are saying this is enough and so should we.
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JOHN LINDER
Georgia
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May 20, 2010

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The speaker addresses concerns about welfare spending and the misuse of stimulus funds.

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