Political Quotes

“I think it is very disingenuous when our friends from the other side of the aisle say they want tax cuts. First of all, I think Republicans are making a mistake because what is happening now is the liberals spend 10 percent effort on developing policy and 90 percent on spinning it. Republicans spend 90 percent on developing policy but only spend 10 percent on spinning it. So there is a great deal of misunderstanding out there. Mr. Speaker, I will include as part of my remarks Jim Glassman's article in yesterday's Washington Post that spells out some of the differences between the Republicans and the Democrats. I would like to simply conclude that we have a tax system that punishes our businesses to the extent that they have to move out of this country. The cost of labor is 10 to 12 percent of the cost of producing an item. The taxes run up to 39 percent in this country. We need to be looking at the kind of tax policy that is going to expand the economy.”