Political Quotes

“I hope people are beginning to see what Senator Daschle has put up with now for months on the stimulus package--months. It is never quite right. There is always something just a little bit lacking. Remember, there were rules set down for what a stimulus package should be. I may not have it down exactly right, but it is supposed to be fiscally responsible, supposed be short term, and would have no effect on the deficit. That is what we were supposed to do to get a stimulus package. And we have tried very hard. But what are we working on today, now, to divert attention from what the underlying Daschle bill does? We are now talking about something 10 years from now. I don't know if any of the unemployed are watching. There are probably some watching TV because they are not working, so maybe some of them slipped onto C-SPAN. I hope the unemployed understand what is going on here. The minority is now focusing again on the wealthy. We can have all the stories about the poor family farmers, and I understand that. I think the estate tax needs some revision, and we were willing to do that, to work with the minority to do that. Say what you want to say. This affects the top one-half percent of the people in America as it relates to income. We were willing to change it from the standard before. But no matter how you twist and turn it, this relates to people who have assets--a lot of assets. How do the unemployed feel? We have given them nothing--zero.”