The dollars that leave here that go to the State government, and they are sprinkled with holy water and they are absolved of all sin. That is sheer nonsense. If Members believe that, I have some swampland out in Minnesota I would like to sell them. Mr. Chairman, this is a killer amendment. It is foolish. It ought not to be adopted. We should roundly defeat it.
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