Political Quotes

“In my previous question to the Senator from North Dakota, I talked about three very successful men, all of whom are senior citizens. I want to relate to the Senator from North Dakota that about 2 months ago I had dinner in Las Vegas with a man I had never met before. His name is Pierre Omidyar. Pierre is the founder of eBay. As a young man, he had this idea and on his computer developed eBay which is now a fantastically significant part of our economy. It is his. He, in spite of the stock market dropping, is worth $3 or $4 billion. He is 34 years old. The whole purpose of his dinner with me, just the two of us, was to explain to me how he hoped I would work as hard as I could to make sure the estate tax is not repealed. Here is a man who is happily married, has two little children, and is one of the wealthiest men in America. He is not an old man; he is a very young man. And he believes, as does the Senator from North Dakota, that acquired wealth in large amounts is not good for America.”