James Traficant: “when the President first took office, he invited 5 groups of 13, 65 total, to the Cabinet room. I was in the last group.…”

“when the President first took office, he invited 5 groups of 13, 65 total, to the Cabinet room. I was in the last group. He told us that he caught that Greyhound and it is different than what he thought it was and he was going to have to raise taxes. I was later told by the Vice President that 64 of the Members there said they agreed with him and they would support him. They said I was the only one that disagreed with him and told him not only would I not support a Btu tax, I would work to defeat a Btu tax. I also reminded the President when he campaigned in my district, the biggest crowd he ever had in his political life, he made a promise to cut taxes. Not only was he not going to cut taxes, he was going to have the biggest tax increase in our history, and he also said, ``Don't worry about it, we're also going to hit the rich.'' I told the President then that I thought that type of strategy and politics was very bad, ``We've already chased jobs, Mr. President,'' exactly what I told him, ``in factories overseas. Be careful you don't chase our money overseas.'' Vice President come to me, he said, ``I can't believe, Jim, you take this position.'' I said, ``It's very simple, Mr. Vice President. I come from a poor family. My dad never worked for a poor guy.'' This politics of class warfare is very bad.”