Political Quotes

“Actually, it is a bit more complicated than that. See, it says that a bill, a resolution or a legislative measure changing the internal revenue laws shall require for final adoption in each House the concurrence of two-thirds of all Members of that House voting and present unless that bill, resolution, or other legislative measure is determined at the time of adoption in a reasonable manner prescribed by law not to increase the internal revenue by more than a de minimis amount. Well, I guess, then, what we have got to have is a certain amount of litigation, I suppose, about what constitutes a de minimis amount. I think that is really what we need. We need a process around here that makes it even more difficult for us to come to a consensus about how it is that we are going to tax and spend the money that we have to do here each year. I think it is going to be actually an extraordinary constitutional battle if we pass a constitutional amendment that says it has to be decided by the courts how much a de minimis amount is that we are allowed to raise taxes in order to qualify under this constitutional amendment.”