Political Quotes

“Let me begin by preempting our distinguished chairman and, for the Record, state that a middle class family in the State of Connecticut, from West Hartford, with a combined income of $125,000, with a mortgage and a kid in college, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation and to the Department of Revenue Services in the State of Connecticut, will see a tax increase of $767 next year. Then with the clever clawback provision--that Grover Norquist kind of clawback provision that gives with one hand and takes away with the other--in 2023, that hardworking family in the middle class will see a $1,667 increase. So why are we here? It is pretty easy to figure out this. These are honorable people, but sometimes they are called upon to do a political task, or as Mr. Collins put it: My donors are basically saying, ``Get it done or don't ever call me again.'' Speaking of New York, my colleagues in New York and New Jersey, because we are donor States and because we make itemized deductions, we find ourselves in the situation where we are paying double taxation. Don't take our word for it. Just ask a member of your own caucus. Ask Peter King, who describes this as the most massive redistribution of wealth at the expense of teachers, machinists, and people who are of the professional class whom you have found that you want to tax their success. But what adds insult to injury above all else, aside from being a donor State and double taxation, is the cruelest cut.…”