Political Quotes

“My colleagues, in the rush to pass a constitutional amendment and tamper with the Constitution to do something that we do not have the guts to do ourselves, let us tell the American people what we are really doing. Let us be honest with the American people. If the American people knew what this balanced budget amendment would do, there would be a hue and cry in the land. We are exempting social security. I agree. We are telling our senior citizens that by exempting social security, they will be all right. Who is kidding whom? Do you know the Medicare cuts that will come as a result of this balanced budget amendment? My senior citizens and senior citizens across this country that are on Medicare and cannot make ends meet now will face cuts of 20, 30, 35 percent. They cannot get money to pay for prescription drugs or the health services they need now. Forget it after the balanced budget amendment. Medicaid, decimated; veterans benefits, decimated. You veterans who think you will continue to get outpatient services under a balanced budget amendment, outpatient health services, forget it. That will be gone. Education, school lunches, magnet school programs, forget it. Tremendous cuts. Our children are going to suffer in future years. Mass transit, Meals on Wheels, the environment, forget about clean water and clean air, there will not be money for that. More cops on the beat, housing, health research.…”