Mike Levin: “my colleagues talk about jobs. They are doing a job on the American people tonight. That is what they are doing. That is…”

“my colleagues talk about jobs. They are doing a job on the American people tonight. That is what they are doing. That is what they are doing. My colleagues are borrowing from my children's generation for a tax cut that will not benefit them primarily. My colleagues are borrowing from my grandchildren's generation for a tax cut. Where is it going? Mainly to the very wealthy in this society. And they get away from this by averaging. Okay, for the person with a million bucks, $93,000; someone with $45,000, $50,000, 211 bucks this year. When we add those together, the average tax cut for those two people is 46,000 bucks. The trouble is one is getting $95,000 and one is getting $200. Alchemy does not work outside of Washington, D.C., and you alchemists are not going to prevail ultimately in the District of Columbia and this Congress. You have performed what some may say is a miracle. You have united the Democrats in this institution. And the reason you have done it is not because of political reasons on our part, because you are robbing future generations for a tax cut for the very wealthy, and we are going to stand together to say to the President, to you, no, no, no, no, and we are going to do it in 45 minutes.”