Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, if I can purport to get into the heads of the majority and answer that question for myself for a minute, I think it is fairly basic. I would guess, Mr. Chairman, the reason is about 5, 6 years ago there was an overwhelming consensus in this body that we apply PAYGO to both tax and spending for a very simple reason. It is good common sense. It is only basic fairness. If I can, Mr. Chairman, let me make this point. This sounds like a very esoteric debate to a lot of people who are listening right now. Do we apply PAYGO to revenues? Do we apply PAYGO to spending? And there is a certain technical-sounding aspect to it. There is a way to cut to the chase and make this a whole lot simpler. Who do we make bear the brunt of discipline and sacrifice in this country? It is very clear after listening to a lot of the very able adversaries on the other side of the aisle that they are not terribly interested in asking but a few people to sacrifice in this country.”