On the recordDecember 19, 2017
Mr. Speaker, the whole point is to cement into place an oligarchy, a plutocracy. One of the reasons that the Founders of America were so opposed to the intergenerational transmission of wealth is because they said that is going to increase idleness, laziness, presumptuousness, and entitlement in new generations. At a certain point, if you buy enough houses, if you buy enough horses, if you buy enough yachts, if you buy enough jewels, what do you want? Well, you want a governorship. You want a Senate seat. That is not democracy. That is plutocracy. So we can't let this system of wealth discrimination and separation devour our basic democratic values.
