Political Quotes

“I happen to look at it from the bottom up. I have been pretty much one of those people at the working end of the American spectrum, I guess. I came up the hard way. You know, for once, I had an idea that this year maybe common sense would prevail. I really had hopes of that. I am not a lawyer, not highly educated. When you think about how simple this little debate is, it is just about sending an idea to be considered by the people who live in our respective States. That is all it is about. It is not about pain, or hurting, or what we are going to do. If we had a constitutional amendment that said we have to balance the budget, do you think it would cut down on the little squabbles we have in our debates on the budget? No, I do not think so, because everybody has a different set of priorities. But the idea is just to send it to the States, to let America take a look at it, and to let the citizens turn over in their own minds whether we need an amendment to force Congress to balance the budget.”