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Jim Nussle: “I would just point out this difference. Listen to this. There is a difference between us, and I respect the gentleman's…”

On the recordOctober 23, 1997
I would just point out this difference. Listen to this. There is a difference between us, and I respect the gentleman's position. That is fine. He believes take that money from people, spread it around. I understand that. The gentleman calls that public resources. I call that taxpayers' money. Mr. Speaker, people who worked on the line at John Deere in Waterloo, IA; people who are on a combine right now harvesting corn in Iowa, that is their dollars, it is their money. Now, I get to take some of that because I am the Federal Government. We will deal with that. But I would say to the gentleman from Massachusetts, It is not your money. It is their money.
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Jim Nussle
Iowa
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Discussing the difference in perspectives on taxation and government spending.

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