Political Quotes

“I, too, would like to put into perspective the statements made earlier today on the other side of the aisle relating to the economy. While it may be true that in this one quarter, growth statistics are up; the fact is, for this Presidency, as was clearly documented by the Senator from Florida earlier, growth has been anemic, 2.3 percent, the lowest economic growth for any recovery in this country, literally, in this century. What is also important, as was pointed out, is the fact that the median family income of America's working families has stayed stagnant. What has not stayed stagnant is the rate of taxes paid by those average families. That has been going up, as the Senator just indicated, to an all-time record high of over 20 percent. That is why American families are feeling a squeeze. They are working harder, their incomes are not going up, but their Federal taxes are going up. We need to address that, Mr. President.”