On the recordJune 23, 2011
You know, you talk about choices, and the choices are do we continue Medicare--and obviously the Democrats in the House want to improve, they want to strengthen Medicare, not deny it, not end it-- make it more stable, make it an even stronger program. There's a choice. Their choice would be to have tax earmarks for what sort of things? For corporate jets, for golf bags, for snow globes. These are the choices. And beyond choice, there are contrasts. Now, this chart here somewhat incorporates what you're talking about there with Big Oil. We have $131 billion that is given away yearly to Big Oil and millionaires, handouts, tax cuts.
