Political Quotes

“Mr. President, with regard to the budget, we have our differences in the Senate, but there are a few ideas that have wide bipartisan agreement. One is we need to rein in Federal spending, and another is we need to do our part to ensure that middle-class families keep more of the money they earn. But the Democrats' latest budget shows we have a very different view of what these ideas mean. Our friends on the other side said they wanted to raise taxes on the rich and keep taxes low for working families. But this budget would provide for the average family a tax hike of $2,300 on people earning as little as $31,000 a year and couples making $63,000 a year. For a little perspective, first year schoolteachers in my hometown earn $35,982, and I do not think they consider themselves rich. With rising gas prices and economic concerns, middle-class families are tightening their belts. Yet this budget would take more money out of the paychecks of these families to fill the Government's coffers. At a time when all Americans are watching their spending, shouldn't Washington be doing the same? Not according to this budget, which does nothing to address entitlement spending and sets a new record--a new record--for nonemergency spending, topping the $1 trillion mark for the first time in American history. That is not a record I think we should be welcoming.”