That’s great, even better was the story about Davy Crockett when he was in Congress. He voted against a pension for a war widow on the grounds that Congress had no right to give away the people’s money, even in charity.
The plan he offered was that the members of Congress take up a collection for her from their own pockets.
That position is far too rational and extremist for the political environment of today.
Having said that, I find myself in agreement with it.
I am a County Supervisor and I read an excerpted version of this story when there was an agenda item to give money to certain charities.