Rick Allen: “let us just talk the facts about this particular bill, the economic stimulus bill that the Republican leadership is…”

“let us just talk the facts about this particular bill, the economic stimulus bill that the Republican leadership is bringing to the floor. Most Americans got a $300 tax rebate not so long ago. Now we understand where the Republican leadership is really coming from. This bill on the floor today will give a $1.4 billion rebate to IBM, $1.4 billion; it will give a $833 million rebate to General Motors; it will give a $671 million rebate to General Electric, and on down the line. It gives $2.3 billion to the Ford Motor Company. My friends on the Republican side of the aisle call this ``economic stimulus.'' These are good corporations. They are strong corporations. They do not need a rebate of taxes they have paid since 1986. What we need in this country is an economic stimulus package that goes to people who will spend it, not $25 billion to the largest American corporations.”