Bill Pascrell: “When I was introduced to this budget, the chairman of the Budget Committee stated that his reason for turning Robin Hood…”

“When I was introduced to this budget, the chairman of the Budget Committee stated that his reason for turning Robin Hood on his head was to stop an ``insidious moral tipping point.'' Madam Chair, I can only assume April Fools came early and this budget resolution is a joke. We're going to steal from the middle class and working poor because we need to stiffen their upper lips and improve their moral fiber. Let's talk about moral fiber. Where were the morals of the bankers on Wall Street who drove this economy off the cliff? They're doing just fine today. They're not doing time. But the middle class is still struggling and millions of Americans are unemployed. You don't have to look far to see what the real intentions of this budget are. It's a 30-year pathway to poverty and shrinking the middle class even further. Don't take my word for it. When asked if his tax plan would hurt the middle class, the chairman of the Budget Committee responded with: I don't know. There's no way to know that. Are you playing Russian roulette with a shrinking middle class? Madam Chair, let's try and help the chairman figure this out.…”