Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I will take no more than 5 minutes. I support the Buffett Rule because I do believe in fundamental fairness that if people live in the United States of America, if they benefit from the United States of America, both its national security and its public institutions, and the public progress because of that-- such as public education, land-grant colleges--they need to pay their fair share. This is what America is all about, fairness. And we are all in it together. I have heard all afternoon about, oh, this hard-working entrepreneur, and, oh, this hard-working small business person. Nobody gets to be that hard-working entrepreneur without the United States of America. They have gone to public schools. They have enjoyed public transportation. I could go through a variety of public institutions-- safety in our dams, now cybersecurity, wars that are fought by our military for which they will not go or will never go. So we need to have a way of paying our bills. When we hear the great President John F. Kennedy quoted saying: ``Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country,'' it is called pay your share. Let's talk about what the Buffett rule actually is and what the Senator from Rhode Island is advocating--and I salute him for offering it. This would ensure that high-earning Americans who make more than $1 million a year pay at least 30 percent income tax on their effective rate on their second $1 million. Let me repeat what this is.…”