Political Quotes

“Not yet. Not yet is the short answer. Let me say this, Representative Evans, as I close. You mentioned that where we are from it is all about the Benjamins, which means the Ben Franklins, the money dedicated to the resources. Far too often--and I challenge a lot of the norms and customs and sayings in our community that I think are harmful. One of the sayings we used to hear a lot was, ``if it doesn't make dollars, it doesn't makes sense,'' which means that, if it makes money, it makes sense. {time} 2030 But the true saying should be: if it only makes dollars, then it doesn't make sense. There has to be something else to it besides just corporations making as much as they possibly can. There still has to be some sort of community obligation that goes along with it to make the communities you are in a little bit better, whether it is the schools; whether it is the housing; whether it is the streets, the roads, the bridges, all of those things. So when you start talking about our infrastructure, the question becomes: Are corporations paying their fair share? They benefit from our labor, they benefit from our consumers, they benefit from a whole bunch of things. But if it is only about the dollars for them, then this country has lost its soul, which is why we are having this conversation, because we have to save it from itself. And it is not the first time this country has lost its soul.…”