Political Quotes

“So we have a complete annual poll on the subject of spending tax dollars for political campaigns. The American people themselves get to choose to participate, and the support is dropping dramatically, to the point where last year, the majority around here raised the checkoff to $3 to make up for the diminishing participation. They did it in a legislative fashion that made it virtually impossible for anybody to try to extricate that. So what do you do? If you have a problem you like, and public support is dropping, you increase the checkoff to $3. That is what happened last year. I just wanted to interject and commend my friend for his amendment, which is about priorities. Maybe the American people would rather spend their money--we think we know the answer to this already, because we have a complete survey every April 15--maybe they would like to spend their money on something more worthwhile, like disaster. I think it is an excellent amendment.”