Political Quotes

“What is happening out in the States? State after State after State is facing bankruptcy, and a large part of it is the cost of government brought on by employee union contracts. That is just a fact. State after State, Governor after Governor, they are coming to Washington, DC and saying: We are going to have to do something about this. We are going to have break these contracts and save us from financial ruin. At a time when Governors are moving in that direction and trying to get out from under these public employee collective bargaining agreements, would it not be the height of irresponsibility, would it not be the height of irony for the Federal Government to go in the other direction? Vote for the Wicker amendment and save the taxpayers the additional money it will take to move to collective bargaining.”