Political Quotes

“I am from the State of Michigan. I have a tremendous interest in this issue. Recently, some of my colleagues and I, one of them from Wisconsin, completed a document called the Myth of the Magical Bureaucracy, the belief that Washington can solve every problem. This issue that we are discussing today fits right into that document, because this document talks about the Washington myth that the future of America rests with bureaucrats in Washington, that the future of the people on welfare in Wisconsin is dependent on bureaucrats in Washington and not on the State legislature in the State of Wisconsin. What is going on is we are replacing Washington ideals with traditional American ideals. We are replacing a faith in God with a faith in Washington. We are replacing the American ideal of parents and family with bureaucrats. This picture of Washington shows that what we have called Independence Avenue really needs to be renamed into Dependence Avenue, because every time we build a new bureaucracy, we are moving decisionmaking away from the people.”