Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, Yogi Berra once said: ``It is like deja vu all over again.'' So today we are back on the House floor after this big, dramatic celebration of this supposedly historic bill, a Republican tax bill that really is nothing more than a wolf in sheep's clothing. It is the classic bait and switch. It is a Ponzi scheme. The tax cuts aren't going to be meaningful for working families and everyday Americans, and the jobs will never materialize. It is a Republican tax bill that is simply designed to benefit millionaires and billionaires, the wealthy and the well-off, special interests, corporations, and big donors. It is a shameful abdication of responsibility, a dereliction of duty, and an incredible malicious act of legislative malpractice. It is all based on this phony, fraudulent, and fake theory of trickle-down economics. Where is there any evidence that trickle-down economics has ever worked for the American people? Ronald Reagan cut taxes for millionaires in 1981. We didn't get strong economic growth. We got a deficit that exploded. George W. Bush cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires in 2001 and 2003. We didn't get strong economic growth. We got the worst economy since the Great Depression. And, in Kansas, when you had this great Republican experiment and you were going to cut taxes for the wealthy and the well-off and for companies, what happened? Did they get strong economic growth in Kansas? No.…”