Political Quotes

“think back to the late afternoon, early evening of September 11 when several gas stations in northeastern Ohio and across the Midwest and across the country raised their prices of gas to $4, $5, $6 a gallon. Some people would call that war profiteering. But something else happened in this Chamber in the last 8 weeks, something perhaps not much different that some have called political profiteering. First, this Congress passed a bailout bill giving the airlines $15 billion, no strings attached, no sacrifices from airline executives, no assistance for the 100,000 laid-off workers, no dollars for nor push toward any airline safety measures. Then last week, all in the name of rebuilding the economy that has obviously suffered a blow from September 11, this Chamber voted tax cuts for the richest people in the country, and very little for health care for laid-off workers, very little tax relief for those who need it, most making $20,000, $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 a year.”