Political Quotes

“I just want to say as to the supermajority on raising taxes: When the government expands its power from one level of gross domestic product to another in terms of its fiscal reach, that ought to be an extraordinary decision because we are reaching into people's pockets and we are taking a great rate of the blood, sweat and tears that they have earned through their own work. So that extraordinary reach ought to be an extraordinary decision, and that ought to call for an extraordinary vote. So to increase taxes, to increase the reach of government, it seems to me is an extraordinary decision. It has not been until now, but we are going to try to make it an extraordinary decision, and not have that left to a simple majority vote. Sixty percent is not that tough to get over 50 percent, but it is a little tougher, and we want to avoid the bias towards increasing taxes as the line of least resistance to balancing the budget.”