Political Quotes

“Last year they proposed $245 billion in tax breaks, mostly for the wealthy, and the way they wanted to pay for those tax breaks, cuts in Medicare, going right to the heart of cutting student loans, and cutting environmental programs, they could not do because the public rose up in opposition to it. This year Senator Dole, former Senator Dole, wants to give a tax break, again mostly to the wealthy, of twice that amount, but they are not telling us how they are going to pay for it. It is clear the only way they are going to pay for it is go twice as hard at Medicare, twice as hard at student loans and twice as hard at the environment. But they look at us and say, ``Trust me until after the election is over, we'll tell you after the election.'' It is clear what they are going to do, go after the same programs the public would not stand for in 1995 and 1996 which they shut down the Government over, saying if we cannot have our Medicare cuts we are going to shut down the Government. What is this crowd going to do? If Senator Dole wins the election and Gingrich and the Republicans in the Senate take control, how are they going to run the Government then? Go right after Medicare, student loans, and the environment one more time.”