Political Quotes

“I think there has been a real demonization of all public sector workers lately, and that is why I'm so glad tonight we're able to put a face on these individuals and say who are they, what kind of work are they really doing. But beyond that, to say, really, this is where we want to get the sacrifice? We're not going to ask one thing more of the oil companies or the gas companies or the businesses that are making record profits and taking those jobs overseas and outsourcing them and getting a tax break for them? We're not asking the millionaires and the billionaires in this country who have actually benefited from the work of public employees, of Federal employees to get what they need in order to get ahead, we're not asking them to pay any more? No, we're going to take it out of the hides of middle class workers, if they are lucky. Some of them are down at the lower end. We're going to take it from the middle class workers, the middle class families, and ask them to make the sacrifice and pay more for their pensions.”