Angie Craig: “I do believe that people who work hard all their life and build an estate ought to have a right to take a little of it…”

“I do believe that people who work hard all their life and build an estate ought to have a right to take a little of it, because it is after tax money that builds an estate, and they want to pass it on to their children. That is right. That is reasonable. We call it the American dream. I don't think we ought to step back in and swoop it up for the Government to spend, all in the name of a social welfare state. That is wrong. It is fundamentally un-American. The reality is, use that as an excuse. That is law today. It is only an excuse not to have to face the reality of why we are here and not getting anything done. The reality of why we are not getting anything done is that the majority leader would not allow the chairman of the Finance Committee to do what he should have done at a very important time in American history, at a time when pharmaceutical drugs have become a part of the American health care culture. Medicare doesn't address that issue.”