Political Quotes

“former Senator Bob Dole has unveiled his new economic plan to the American people. He has outlined a $550 billion tax break, mostly for the wealthy, but he had not told us how he is going to pay for that $550 billion tax break. One of Bob Dole's advisers said, ``He has no plans to describe specifically what Federal programs he will cut until after the election.'' Former Senator Dole, Citizen Dole, is going around the country speaking to organizations promising each of them: I will not cut your programs. In fact, maybe I will increase your programs, one group after another. Yesterday, talking to some people about crime, he said: You want more prisons? I will double the amount of appropriations for Federal prisons. So at the same time Senator Dole has said he will increase military spending to the tune of perhaps $30 or $40 or $50 billion a year over the next 5 years, he wants to build star wars. He wants to give this major tax break, increase military spending, increase money for prisons, increase this, increase that, but he will not tell us how he is going to pay for these hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks that he says he will give the American people. I think it is important then, Mr. Speaker, to look at where in fact this money will come from.…”