Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlelady from New York for the time. These last 2 weeks have really shown us the tax-and-spend Republican Party up close. First we passed a defense authorization with over $800 million in earmarks, according to a study by Claire McCaskill. Then we passed a huge omnibus spending bill that spent over $900 billion, actually increasing defense spending, all deficit spending, spending, spending, spending. But, oh, now it gets worse. Republicans are poised today to raise taxes by tens of billions of dollars. Worse yet, they are not even allowing a vote to keep taxes where they are. Whether this bill passes or not, make no mistake, it's purely symbolic as it advances no bill to President Obama to keep taxes where they are. And so they will go up on January 1 by $1,000 for the average American family, costing American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars without even helping reduce the deficit, since this Republican tax increase is money the Republicans already spent last week in the omnibus $900 billion spending spree. Spending, spending, spending. Taxes, taxes, taxes. The deficit goes up, up, up. You can't tax your way out of this budget problem this country is in, but the Republicans have been trying to do just that for these last few weeks. To solve our budget problem, we need to cut spending. Now, there are some balanced plans out there; and most experts agree that as part of a balanced plan with spending cuts, some revenues are necessary.…”