Jerry Brown: “I have a budget of my own. They may wonder why I am speaking here on behalf of the Black Caucus budget. There is only…”

“I have a budget of my own. They may wonder why I am speaking here on behalf of the Black Caucus budget. There is only one reason: it is a better budget than mine. I was afraid to offer such a good budget because I did not think it would get enough votes, so I have compromised. We all do that around here. We rationalize it in one way or another. But this is a budget which I have consistently voted for, and its predecessor budgets, over a number of years, because I felt that it really did reflect the values of America. I remember the Reagan budget of 1981, in which we had this feeding frenzy to see who could cut the budget the most, either the Democrats or the Republicans, and it has left its mark on this country for the next 18 years. I voted against those tax cuts, and I am going to vote against the tax cuts in this budget, and for the Black Caucus. I urge Members' support for it.”