Byron Dorgan: “I am saying this: Since they won, and since they are going to cut taxes, the question is of choice and priority: Which…”

“I am saying this: Since they won, and since they are going to cut taxes, the question is of choice and priority: Which of the taxes ought to be cut? Which ought to be cut first? My amendment simply says I think it is more important to cut these taxes for senior citizens--8 million of them who pay $1,500 a year, at this point, more than I think they should pay. I think the priority ought to be to cut taxes for them at this point. Is it more important to do that than to, as I said earlier, cut dividend taxation? I think it is. I think those individuals are in the highest income levels. Again, I hope Donald Trump won't mind, but since he names everything after himself, and he is a very successful businessman, he probably doesn't mind my using his name. He is at the top of the income ladder, and God bless him. But it is a reasonable thing to ask: what is the priority?”