Political Quotes

“what the Republicans fail to tell people, which makes me so angry and should make everyone angry, is that all other spending in the Federal Government has remained flat. There has been a zero-percent increase in 10 years, if we adjust for inflation--zero, not a 2-percent increase, not a 3-percent increase. These are the facts. It is also true that we are spending more money--25 percent of GDP-- than at any time since World War II, but that spending is being driven by defense and mandatory. But what do they want to cut? What are they demanding to be cut today? They are demanding cuts from this line item, including agriculture, health, education, and respite care for the elderly. This is what they want to cut. This is why Democrats are saying: Wait a minute, take a couple of steps back. That is what this fight is really about. In addition to waging this fight--and one would think this is a big fight to have--we would have it in the safest place possible. Some would think we would be having it in the safest place possible. My colleagues know that in the old western movies, when two guys want to shoot it out, they say: Meet me on the edge of town. Do these guys meet you on the edge of town? No. Do you know where they meet us? Right on Main Street, where small business and big business and self- employed have been struggling for years, coming out of the greatest recession that in large measure they helped to create. Where do they want to stage this fight?…”