Political Quotes

“we also need to focus on jobs. It is one of the most important things we can do--I believe the most important we can do. I am sorry that this week my Republican colleagues proved once again that the only jobs they care about are their own. They voted against a plan to create 2 million Americans jobs because they believed it was good Republican politics. Meanwhile, 14 million unemployed Americans are worried about how they are going to make their rent, put food on the table, and fill their gas tank or how they are going to get another job interview. These 14 million Americans could care less who proposed the plan or who gets credit to get them back to work. What they care about is that Congress gets to work putting them back to work. Asked whether they support a plan to ask millionaires to pay their fair share to pay for tax cuts for middle-class families and small businesses, construction of roads and schools, and an extension of unemployment benefits, Americans have overwhelmingly said, yes, they support it. The reason they do that is because, as we see in the newspaper articles around the country, the news stories: ``A quarter of U.S. millionaires pay taxes at a lower rate than some in middle class.'' It is about a 17-percent average. That is untoward. Two-thirds of Americans support both the plan the Republicans blocked this week and the way it is paid for.…”