Tim Walz (Economic Stimulus)

2.11.09: Mr. WALZ. I thank the gentleman from Florida, and I thank you for leading this conversation.

I think the American public, what they're seeing is they're seeing a cross-section of this country. Listening to the gentleman from New York, listening to the gentlewoman from Ohio, from Connecticut, from Kentucky, talk about what they're hearing amongst the people. And I can tell you when we go back home--and I live in a small house in Mankato, Minnesota, in southern Minnesota. The house in front of me has been foreclosed for a year and a half. The property value on my house has dropped about
50 percent. We're seeing that across the country.

The pinch of this economy coming down and the frustration amongst the American people is palatable. You can feel it. They are frustrated, and they are angry. And the questions they are asking is this: ``How come it seems like I'm working harder and getting further behind, and when I turn on the television, somebody else is taking a trip to the spa? Somebody else is getting a private jet? Somebody else is getting something for failing when I seem to be making the right decisions? I'm paying my
mortgage. I'm trying to save money to send my child to school, and I'm not asking for the lottery. I'm not asking for a ten-bedroom house. I'm asking to try and achieve the American dream.''

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[account0skeptic]

there is no more republicans anymore, its wins or losers

[arte4321]

He used to be my teacher

[luvobamas]

Save your breath. The republicans refuse to listen.