Political Quotes

“it is obvious that the Members in the minority do not have any problem debating this issue. They do not mind talking about postponing or delaying the tax cuts. They do not mind speaking out and blaming the tax cuts for all sorts of evil, but they do not want to vote. They do not want to take a position. That is all we are going to do, just take a vote and let everybody be counted. Now, last night in a kind of bomb blast against this resolution, there was a Member of the minority that said this country ran a surplus for 200 years and now we are in a deficit and it is no time to reduce taxes. Well, let me remind all of the Members that this country, while it was running a surplus, had a tax rate of half of what it is today. We have actually increased taxes by a greater extent than when we had a surplus. And all those tax increases have only resulted in more spending, that is what they have resulted in. They did not get us to a surplus until we cut spending; and we went into a surplus not by raising taxes but by cutting the rate of spending. And if Members are opposed to, if Members want to delay these tax cuts, if Members want to postpone these tax cuts, then vote no on this resolution. But as far as I am concerned, when Congress makes a commitment to give American people tax relief, they ought to honor that commitment. To put it plainly, the American people should get the tax cuts they were promised. Americans should have the relief they need now.”