James Traficant: “I support the rule, but I will oppose the budget. I mean no offense to the Democrats. I will also oppose the Republican…”

“I support the rule, but I will oppose the budget. I mean no offense to the Democrats. I will also oppose the Republican version of the budget. I think both the Democratic and Republican versions are misguided, and I want to disassociate myself from both of them, for the following reasons: There are some good things in the Democratic budget, there are some good things in the Republican budget, but the truth is that we keep and continue on with the same economic program in America and we are rearranging the deck chairs with all these tax manipulations. The truth is that we have got to change the way we tax and raise revenue in our country. Everybody is talking about spending, and on one is focusing on revenue. Here is the way America works, Democrats and Republicans both: No. 1, if you work hard, very hard, you are penalized and you are zapped for it. It is time to at least look at reducing our income taxes with a flat tax on income and coupling them with a tax on spending. There is a whole second economy called The Street that we are subsidizing with prisons that our working people could benefit from if we would at least look at some alternatives. But the truth is that no one is talking about that. The reason is there is really no difference between Democrats and Republicans.…”