Political Quotes

“it is interesting to hear our friends on the other side of the aisle talk about an increase in the deficit, where we all know the deficits have been increased, driven by entitlements, Medicaid and Medicare. Mr. Speaker, sometimes we can stick our heads in the sand or put our hands over our eyes and not see the problems, but I think it also pairs up with a philosophy on this other side of the aisle that big government does better, big government knows more; that we should not let people at home in our States, our elected representatives, our Governors, happen to fashion those Medicare plans or Medicaid plans that fit best in their own States. Also, Mr. Speaker, somebody putting their hands over their eyes and saying there is not really a problem with Medicare, it is only going to go broke a year or two earlier than we thought it was going to go broke; it is only $100 billion more in debt than we thought it was going to be last year. That is what the President's own board of trustees said. It is time that somebody fixes it. We should not have this class warfare or geriatric warfare that tries to come from the other side of the aisle.”