Political Quotes

“Nevertheless, we give an advantage to those with an adjusted gross income of $1 million or more a year. What we have done is given the well-heeled and well-connected an advantage the average American citizen cannot do. I cannot recall, but this morning I read the exact amount of revenue. The point is it is the principle. Over the next few months will--regardless of this bill, its outcome-- the Congress start addressing the real problems facing our country? We just passed $740 billion worth of increased income taxes and payroll taxes at the end of the year. Supposedly we will start cutting $85 billion over the next 12 months. We will see if that actually happens, as we have grown the government 89 percent over the last 10 years, while the average American family income has declined 5 percent over the same time. I made the statement earlier--and it can be checked on any Web site-- if we go by inflation-adjusted dollars, the average American is where they were in 1989. If we look at the size of government, it is almost four times that size. It doesn't seem to me we are accomplishing a whole lot as far as elevating the prosperity of Americans, but we have certainly elevated the prosperity of the Federal Government, and we have certainly undermined the prosperity of our children. I am worried about our country. I am worried about the loss of confidence in this body. I am worried about our abandonment of common sense.…”