Fox Business host says that Americans don't want another check from the federal government: “We don't want to be dependent”
As Republicans in the Senate block stimulus checks, Charles Payne says, “We don't want to hope that Nancy Pelosi comes around and sends out another check”
Published
Citation From the December 7, 2020, edition of Fox News’ Fox & Friends
STEVE DOOCY (CO-HOST): Charles, what about this? You know, California lockdowns started last night. Down in Florida, they've been wide open for the most part, for months — everything is open. People are trying to, you know — there are various restrictions, social distancing, things like that.
CHARLES PAYNE (FOX BUSINESS HOST): Yeah.
DOOCY: You're supposed to have a mask everywhere. But nonetheless, Florida is wide open. And then there's this story today, about how Goldman Sachs is thinking about relocating from New York City, where the taxes are through the roof to either Palm Beach County or Fort Lauderdale — or maybe even Dallas, Texas, because of a variety of reasons. Why are they onto the right track?
PAYNE: They're are allowing people to use their own — their own judgment. They're saying we don't need to make this pandemic worse by putting people out of business, by making people desperate. You know, it's really just absolutely amazing. What Florida is allowing people to do — which, by the way, is what set America apart in the first place, right?
It's about our freedoms. I don't care what anyone says. You can brag all you want about how China is doing, and Japan. Those are different cultures. Our cultures and our ethos are steeped in individual rights. And we'll do the right thing. We're not going to harm ourselves or our family deliberately.
But by the same token, let us live our lives. We don't want to be dependent on the government. We don't want to hope that Nancy Pelosi comes around and sends out another check. We don't want that as human beings, and particularly as Americans. So yeah, Goldman Sachs looking to move a big chunk of their business out of New York. And let me tell if you, if it happens it's going to open the floodgates.
DOOCY: Absolutely.