Byron Dorgan: “It is interesting to me today, on Friday, that we find a week later some of those who boasted the loudest about wanting…”

“It is interesting to me today, on Friday, that we find a week later some of those who boasted the loudest about wanting to balance the Federal budget are now deciding that what we really need to do is to cut taxes. In fact, they are just marking up in the other body a $188 billion tax cut bill, which I assume is popular and I assume that in their polling has shown to be something that the American people would favor. So they decide that the road to fiscal policy health, at least from their perspective, is to offer the American people a tax cut. Often what is popular is not always right, and that is the case with a proposed tax cut at this point in our country's history. All of us would like to be able to say to our constituents, we would like lower taxes for you. In fact, if we are signing up, let me sign up for a zero tax rate for my constituents. I am sure that most of them would like to not pay any taxes if they can avoid doing so, but they understand the responsibility to do so.”