Tim Burchett
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I, um, before I got to the legislature, you know, they would have a, um,
Everybody in Tennessee, there was a liquor store across the street, Caddy Corner, and you'd go by and you'd hand them your slip of paper and get your take home for the week.
And you could go on trips and it was unlimited.
And then they figured out a way to do, I don't know, $50 per person.
So I was in high demand.
Because they figured out an average.
And since I didn't drink, I'd get like a hamburger and a sweet tea or something.
And I would be around six or seven bucks.
So they'd bring the average down.
So I got invited to every dinner in the legislature.
But the people that write the laws are the ones that are going to be breaking the laws.
Because they've already figured out a way to get around it.
That's why they're paid the big money.
And we...
You know, there's a lifetime retirement after you get elected.
That's just not accurate.
It's not anywhere near that.
And it's not a lifetime health insurance after one year kind of thing.
Because here's how it is.
And I'll tell you how it was.