Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him more importantly for his leadership here in the Congress. You said it right. You said it well. Whether you're for a fair tax or for a flat tax, one thing is certain: The American people have had it with the current Tax Code. Think about it. Any Tax Code that allows 47 percent of the citizens not to pay, 47 percent of all the people that live in this country not to pay the main tax, the income tax that we have, you can't repair it; you can't fix it; it's completely broken, and you've got to throw it away and start over. Any Tax Code that now requires our companies headquartered in the United States of America to pay the highest corporate tax rate in the world is broken. This is one thing that is amazing to me. We are talking about small business and we are talking about tax policy. What's amazing to me is, in spite of stupid policies from the Federal Government, how well our small business owners do. It's a testimony to what Mr. Woodall was talking about, the work ethic and the entrepreneurship of the American people and the American small business owner that, in spite of bad policies, they're still succeeding. Imagine if we had a tax policy that actually made sense. Imagine if we had a regulatory environment that made sense. Imagine if we had an energy policy that made some sense and used the resources the good Lord has blessed us with in this country. Imagine if we had monetary and fiscal policy that made sense.…”