Rand Paul: “our system of helping ensure that no one in our country goes hungry is a noble one. We are now asking to spend $750…”

“our system of helping ensure that no one in our country goes hungry is a noble one. We are now asking to spend $750 billion on food stamps. When we ask this, we need to remember that recently a woman in Chicago faked the birth of triplets in order to receive $21,000 in food stamps. We need to remember that millionaires, including Larry Fick, who won $2 million, is still receiving food stamps because he says he has no income. He has $2 million but no income. Amanda Clayton won $1 million recently in the lottery and she was aghast she lost a third of it to taxes. She now has two homes and mortgage payments and doesn't know how can she make it without food stamps. So we are paying millionaires food stamps. Thirty percent of Polk County inmates are getting food stamps. There has to be some reason. Should you be able to buy junk food on food stamps? Should you get to go to McDonald's on food stamps? This is out of control. It is not about helping those in need, it is about being wise with taxpayer dollars and not giving people $20,000 a year in food stamps. We need to give only to those who cannot work, those who are infirm, those who are diseased and are not able-bodied. But we are giving to millionaires, and we are paying for junk food and giving to those who go to McDonald's, and it has to stop. This program has doubled in the last 10 years. We do not have an endless supply of money.…”