Political Quotes

“I have received a good number of phone calls. I am glad I answered the phone. Because they were calling in support of the tax-limitation, balanced budget amendment and from those calls, and every one of them were from middle-class average working men and women. They are concerned about the massive deficit and its impact on the future and their children's future, and they point out, or I had three of them point out, they are aware that the average cost today for every man, woman, and child in the 11th Congressional District in Illinois, as throughout this country, is $18,000 for every man, woman, and child. The average taxpayer is aware of these things. Congress for far too long has thought that the average taxpayer just did not know. Well, the taxpayers are better informed today. You know, in the past Congress has said, 'Trust us, we will balance the budget. We have got the discipline. We will do it.' Well, they have never kept their promise, and they have failed.”