Byron Dorgan: “Is it not the case that some of those same folks who say we can't…”

On the recordNovember 27, 2001

Is it not the case that some of those same folks who say we can't afford to have homeland security spending in the stimulus package believe that we can afford retroactive tax cuts going back to the 1980s to provide up to $1 billion in checks to one company, for example, for alternative minimum taxes they paid in the last 12-13 years? The same people say we can afford that. That is OK. It is not stimulus, by the way. But we can't afford the investment in homeland security. Isn't it the case that there is a huge contradiction?

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Byron Dorgan

Democratic · North Dakota

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing funding for homeland security in relation to tax cuts during a Senate debate.

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Byron Dorgan: “Is it not the case that some of those same folks who say we can't afford to have homeland security spending in the…”

Editor's note · Context