OBJECTION?
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
A SENATOR: MR. PRESIDENT?
THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE
SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY, AND THERE
WILL BE ORDER.
MR. PAUL: OUR SYSTEM OF HELPING
ENSURE THAT NO ONE GOES HUNGRY
IN OUR COUNTRY IS A NOBLE ONE,
BUT WE'RE NOW ASKING TO SPEND
$750 BILLION ON FOOD STAMPS.
WHEN WE ASK THIS, WE NEED TO
REMEMBER THAT RECENTLY A WOMAN
IN CHICAGO FAKED THE BIRTH OF
TRIPLETS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE
$21,000 IN FOOD STAMPS.
WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT
MILLIONAIRES, INCLUDING LARRY
FICKE, WHO WON $2 MILLION, ARE
STILL RECEIVING FOOD STAMPS
BECAUSE HE SAYS HE HAS GOT NO
INCOME.
HE HAS GOT $2 MILLION BUT NO
INCOME.
THE PRESIDING OFFICER: ORDER,
PLEASE, AND RESTORE SOME OF THE
SENATOR'S TIME.
MR. PAUL: AMANDA CLAYTON WON A
MILLION DOLLARS RECENTLY IN THE
LOTTERY AND SHE WAS AGHAST THAT
SHE LOST A THIRD OF IT TO TAXES.
SHE NOW HAS TWO HOMES AND
MORTGAGE PAYMENTS.
HOW CAN SHE MAKE IT WITHOUT FOOD
STAMPS?
SO WE'RE PAYING MILLIONAIRES
FOOD STAMPS.
30% OF POLK COUNTY INMATES ARE
GETTING FOOD STAMPS.
THERE HAS TO BE SOME REASON.
SHOULD YOU BUY JUNK FOOD ON FOOD
STAMPS?
SHOULD YOU GET TO GO TO
McDONALD'S ON FOOD STAMPS?
IT'S OUT OF CONTROL.
IT'S NOT ABOUT HELPING THOSE IN
NEED.
IT'S ABOUT BEING WISE WITH THE
TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND NOT GIVING
PEOPLE $20,000 A YEAR IN FOOD
STAMPS.
WE NEED TO GIVE IT TO ONLY THOSE
WHO CAN'T WORK, THOSE WHO ARE
INFIRM, THOSE WHO HAVE DISEASE
AND ARE NOT ABLE-BODIED, BUT
WE'RE GIVING IT TO MILLIONAIRES.
WE'RE GIVING IT FOR JUNK FOOD,
AND WE'RE GIVING IT TO GO TO
McDONALD'S, AND IT'S GOT TO
STOP.
IT'S DOUBLED IN THE LAST TEN
YEARS.
WE DO NOT HAVE AN ENDLESS SUPPLY
OF MONEY.
THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE
SENATE WILL COME TO ORDER.
THE SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY.
MR. PAUL: I THINK THAT AMERICANS
WOULD BE JUST FLABBERGASTED AT
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND SOME OF
THESE PROGRAMS ARE DUPLICATIVE,
SO PEOPLE GETTING FOOD STAMPS
FOR A MEAL ARE ALSO GETTING A
FREE LUNCH AT SCHOOL.
SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS WE'RE
ACTUALLY ADVERTISING FOR
APPLICANTS.
IN MY HOMETOWN, THEY ADVERTISE
TO TRY TO PROMOTE TO GET PEOPLE
TO COME IN AND EAT THE FREE
LUNCH DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
IT'S NOT THAT WE WON'T HELP
PEOPLE.
WE JUST NEED TO BE CONSCIOUS OF
HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE AND CAN
WE HELP ONLY THOSE WHO CANNOT
HELP THEMSELVES.
WHAT I WOULD ASK IS FOR SOME
REASON THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
