Glenn Grothman: “I guess the major topic of the week, and should be the major topic of the week, is the infrastructure bill--I am sorry…”

“I guess the major topic of the week, and should be the major topic of the week, is the infrastructure bill--I am sorry, the reconciliation bill. It is tempting when talking about the reconciliation bill to just talk about the huge amount of spending which inevitably is going to be paid for by the Federal Reserve printing more money and is inevitably going to result in an increase in inflation, be it in housing, be it in food, or, in addition to housing and food, be it in energy costs. I hope the American public realizes what is going on and they are prepared to pay, at least in the northern part of the country, their heating bills that are going to arrive in December and January or February because it is going to be a shocker. But I am a little bit afraid, as we spend so much time focusing on the inevitable inflation, we don't talk enough about the way that the authors of this bill want to permanently change America, I feel, for the worst. First of all, they want a lot more intrusive government. In this bill, we have a provision for hiring over 80,000 IRS agents. In Wisconsin, when I think of 80,000, I think of our big stadiums where the University of Wisconsin plays. I think it is more than you would fit in the stadium where the Green Bay Packers play. And I think, who would want to hire this many government agents to monitor the American citizens? It is kind of a scary thing. What vision for America do we have here?…”