Jim Nussle: “Mr. Speaker, listening to the last speaker, he said how the Democrats want to give it to the American people. They sure…”

“Mr. Speaker, listening to the last speaker, he said how the Democrats want to give it to the American people. They sure want to give it to the American people, the way they did in 1993 when they raised the taxes, the largest in American history. I would like to go back and talk a little bit about why they raised the tax. You would think that they raised the tax in order to repair roads, or to fix potholes, or for mass transit, or for senior transportation, or to make sure that our bridges were in repair. Is that the reason? Absolutely not. And now we have the ranking member running into the House today saying it went for deficit reduction. But you did not, And it did not go to roads, it did not go to bridges, it did not go to potholes. It went for deficit reduction, they say. But did it work? Absolutely not. Absolutely not. In fact, it went for wasteful Washington spending, so that you could tell the folks back home what kind of great job you were doing in your districts and what kind of great job you were doing on deficit reduction, when in fact all you did was take more money out of their pocket, bring it out here to your pocket, because you believe you spend the money better than they do.”