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Joe Cunningham: I would ask the honorable chairman, how many children can we feed on a bankrupt country? And today we are looking, where…

On the recordMarch 14, 1995
I would ask the honorable chairman, how many children can we feed on a bankrupt country? And today we are looking, where every child over their life, lifelong interest and account on the national debt, will be saddled with a $180,000 debt. Yes, it will be indexed. You will have to pay the increases with inflation. That is before you buy a car or a home or everything else. We are also looking at a Medicare system that is going bankrupt and will be in the near future. If we do not attack waste in government by bigger bureaucracies, then it is going to affect that.
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Joe Cunningham
South Carolina

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Discussing the impact of national debt and government spending on children and Medicare.

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