On the recordFebruary 13, 2008
I want to bring out just a few facts for the American people tonight, Madam Speaker. Congressman Jordan pointed out very aptly the size of the Federal Government, just so the American people can understand what a $3 trillion government costs, what that actually means though. You say $3 trillion. What does $1 billion look like? Well, sure, Bill Gates could tell you what $1 billion looks like. He's got that in his checkbook. But for the average American, what does that mean? And to point out the fact that it's larger than most countries are. We have the third largest economy in the world held just in our Federal budget; greater than the whole economy of China. It's absolutely amazing. But when we talk about boondoggles in government, folks in North Carolina know about that.
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