Political Quotes

“this is what it is all about today. We are making a choice: Government waste, or Social Security. This is what it is all about. My friends on the other side of the aisle for 30 years raided the Social Security trust fund and ran up massive deficits. We are putting a stop to that practice, because we want to stop the raid on Social Security, and we think it is about time. Let me ask this question: Is there anyone who honestly believes that there is not 1 percent waste, fraud and abuse in the Federal Government? Folks back home in the south side of Chicago and the south suburbs believe there is a lot more than just 1 percent of the Federal Government budget going to waste. We think it is time to eliminate it. That is what it is all about today. We are going to vote today to cut government waste in order to protect the Social Security trust fund. Now, there is an alternative. As you know, the Bill Clinton Democratic budget calls for a $238 billion tax increase as an alternative to cutting government waste. Let us stop the raid on Social Security. Let us cut government waste. We have that opportunity today.”