Political Quotes

“the property taxes throughout the United States, the people have demanded that their property tax be lowered, and I think part of that is because every year they have to reach into their pockets and come up with the money to pay the property tax. So it has been shifted in Michigan, for example, to an increase in the sales tax. If we had a system where people had to reach into their pockets to pay their Federal income tax rather than having it deducted from their paycheck that they never see, the people would be outraged. Mr. Speaker, I call on every worker in America to look at the stub of their paycheck for their next paycheck and look at this 52 percent-odd in and out that is being deducted from the money they earn. So at what point do the American people rise up and say, look, enough is enough, Congress, get your act together? Let me just add to my colleague's comment in terms of the unfunded mandates that we put on States and that is trying to pass off and we say we want to do this good thing and then go home and brag about it but we make local jurisdictions pay the costs. We pass a bill that says you have got to do all these things, but you are going to pay for it.”