Political Quotes

“I wanted to say that I have nothing against people in this economy becoming millionaires, becoming billionaires. But I believe that it is really the duty and the responsibility of the executive branch of government and the legislative branch of government to try to create an economy that improves the standing of living of all the citizens of this country. That should be our No. 1 priority, to improve the standard of living of everyone here. We should see to it that there are some kind of checks and balances so that one segment of our society does not benefit more than another segment of our society, particularly when it seems to me that the laws we often pass and the trade treaties we often pass here benefit a much smaller segment of our society at the expense of one of the largest sections of our society, the middle class. I really believe that that should be the top priority, creating jobs in this country, as I say, not only for the middle class, but for everyone. If you can become a millionaire, wonderful. If you can become a billionaire, that is wonderful also. But we have to give the opportunity to people to continually improve their standards of living, continually improve their jobs, so that they can raise their family, educate their family, so they can buy homes, so they can buy automobiles. This is really what the American dream is about. Not a few people becoming billionaires or millionaires.”