Mark Neumann: “Mr. Speaker, we all grew up with the same thing, and my father and mother told me many times when I saw a great bargain…”

“Mr. Speaker, we all grew up with the same thing, and my father and mother told me many times when I saw a great bargain, my father would always say, as yours did, just remember, nothing is free. Nothing is free. You always pay something. But under this IMF request for $18 billion, Secretary Rubin and members of the administration say, it is not going to cost the taxpayer one dime. We heard it today. We have made a new discovery. The American people should be thrilled. They have discovered money that is free. Why send the IMF $18 billion, since it is free? We might as well send them several trillion dollars. Of course, it is not free. Where it comes from are the hard-working people of all of our constituencies who have never even imagined $18 billion. And where is it going? One of the things that concerns me is that this country was based on the checks and balances of the private marketplace, of capitalism. When you mess up, you go broke.”