Political Quotes

“there are a lot of issues that have been brought up in the last hour that need to be responded to. I probably will not get to all of them, but I would like to start with a recent one that was just stated. It is not a case that tax cuts are more important than any other issue for those of us on this side of the aisle, not at all; growth of the economy, because growing this economy is the only way we are going to get people employed, bringing in more revenue, and getting the deficit down. We are not going to get the deficit down by increasing taxes, and I will explain that in just a minute. It is going to take economic growth. You have to get the economic engine started again. We have to get the unemployment down. It is the economy we are talking about. I heard several of my colleagues this morning say if we do not go along with big tax increases, we are giving a bonus to a lot of people in this country who maybe do not need any more money. Well, if you accept the idea that if Congress acts or does not act, we are giving people a bonus, you are starting with a proposition that for all the income people make in this country, Congress is going to decide where that income ought to go and that somehow we are going to give people a bonus if we do not take some sort of action in the Congress. Well, that is ludicrous. That is the ultimate of the lack of economic freedom in this country.”