Political Quotes

“You know, Mr. President, this has been an interesting week. We had a negotiation with the attorneys general around the country, and the tobacco industry is stuck for almost $370 billion. The price of cigarettes go up. How much more do you want? And then the Finance Committee puts on 20 cents more, and that raises the price of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. And now we want to put on 11 cents more. Why? To help the small businessman get a deductible on his health insurance? At the same time, you are putting 65,000 farm families out of work in my State. You say you are going to help. You may never get the bill to help. I think it is time to stop it. It is time we quit. My farmers have to survive. And we hear all the States have an excise tax. Well, we had a good many here in the past that would vote against any excise tax because they thought it all should go to the States. It is their prerogative. But when you add 20 cents onto the State, and you add another 11 cents onto the State, then you add 75 cents on, if you get the negotiated agreement out there, the income to the community and to the Federal Government are going to go straight down. They are playing with funny money, because the more you increase it, the less income you are going to have. When you increase the tax, the less income you are going to have. So now you say you have all this income coming in--you are playing with funny money.”