Political Quotes

“I rise today as we are beginning the discussion in earnest about how to create jobs in our country, how to help the economy, how to be responsible as we do that and how to help the States. Certainly my home State of Michigan, as most States, is finding financial crisis. As we do that, we hear a lot of words, a lot of rhetoric, a lot of slogans. One of those is that the President's proposal is a job and growth package and that colleagues on the other side of the aisle are involved in a job and growth package. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, we have 450 well-known economists in the country, 10 Nobel laureates, Chairman Greenspan, many around the country, saying this will not create jobs and it will not create growth. It is not a jobs program. It is not a growth program. We have 13 economists saying it is; 450 economists versus 13 economists. I suggest the overwhelming opinion of those who have studied this question of how to create jobs, how to move the economy, and how to do it in a responsible manner, without creating a sea of red ink as far as the eye can see, the majority of those who have locked at this issue, the vast majority have said the plan by the White House and by the Republican majority does not do that. In fact, it adds to what we unfortunately are on track to do, which is to see the worst job creation in 58 years.”