Political Quotes

“I don't want to get in the way of my friend from South Carolina, for whom I have tremendous respect. Point 1, nothing that I said was about anything other than real people. The real people in Colorado are going to be able to do this math, and they are going to know what it says. Point 2, those 1920s that you mentioned ended up with, then, the worst depression since the beginning of the country, and we had the worst income inequality in 1928. Guess when the next time was that that happened. It was when George Bush handed over the keys to Barack Obama. That was the next moment in time, when he was leaving, that we had that kind of income inequality. That has not been fixed, and that is not being fixed by this plan. It is being made worse by this plan for all of the reasons that I said. The final point that I will make--and then I will stop and get out of the way--is that, if you have this much conviction, at least you could pay for it. It would be nice for you to pay for it. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina is recognized.”