Political Quotes

“President Clinton ran on a middle-class tax cut back in 1992. However, once in office, he raised taxes by a record amount; in fact, the largest tax increase in American history. The tax increase would have continued, but in 1994 the American people elected the first Republican majority in the House of Representatives in 40 years. Republicans then forced the President to accept a tax cut, a tax cut he did not want and a tax cut that was ardently opposed by his folks here in the House, the Democrats. So where does the Democratic leadership, who so desperately want to take back the House of Representatives, stand on taxes? Well, on a tour promoting his new book, A Better Place, just the other day, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Gephardt), the leader of the Democrats in the House said, and it has been quoted before but I think it bears hearing it again, 'You've got to have a combination of taking it out of the defense budget and raising revenue.' In other words taxes. 'We can argue about how to do that, closing loopholes or even raising taxes to do it.' Well, there it is: Cut defense and raise taxes. That is not my idea of a better place.”