Session #85 · 1957–59

Speech #850014612

I am opposed to putting dams on rivers overseas so long as our own rivers cause misery and devastation through floods here at home. I am opposed to aiding farmers in other countries when those here in America are in the grips of an agricultural depression which threatens their very existence. I am opposed to building houses for Arab refugees in Egypt when veterans in this country cannot obtain loans to build homes for their families without paying exorbitant interest rates. I am opposed to subsidizing any manner of economic projects abroad so long as our own old people. veterans. disabled citizens. dependent children and those unable to take care of themselves are not adequately provided for. I am opposed to economic aid of the type contemplated by the administration when it is done at the expense of the overburdened American taxpayer. who today is shouldering the greatest tax load of any citizen in history.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
HERMAN TALMADGE
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
GA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
850014612
Paragraph
#1
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