Don Nickles: “This will increase spending, yes, and it will also increase taxes. We have had that debate several times. I guess we…”

“This will increase spending, yes, and it will also increase taxes. We have had that debate several times. I guess we will have it several more times. I am happy to debate it. Some think individuals should pay more than corporations. I don't. I think that is bad tax policy. I think the power to tax is the power to destroy. If you have to work more than half the time for the Government, then you lose your personal freedom. Looking at the COPS Program, I remember the objective of the COPS Program was to have 100,000 new cops on the street. According to the figures I was just handed, we have 118,000 as a result of the COPS Program, a program that started with an enormous Federal subsidy, I believe. I have to refresh my memory, but I believe the Federal Government pays 75 percent of the costs of the first year and then something like 50 percent the next year and maybe 25 percent the third year. Then it is on the community.”