Political Quotes

“Every 4 years the Federal Government spends $200 million so both political parties can have a party. We are $17.4 trillion in debt as we speak at this moment. That is $50 million a year. The way to get rid of a billion-dollar debt is $50 million at a time. The way to get rid of a trillion-dollar debt is $1 billion at a time. Do we really have the capability right now to borrow $200 million every 4 years for parties for the Democratic and Republican conventions and charge it to our children? All this does is put in a prohibition that we are not ever going to do that again. That is not a wise expenditure of taxpayer money. It is probably not constitutional. It has never been challenged. It certainly does not fall within the enumerated powers of the Constitution, article I, section 8. So it is another way of saving us some money. I would just repeat my point. We have the FAA out there intentionally causing pain and harm to the American public today, and we have the Senate intentionally not doing what will solve those problems-- intentionally not doing what will solve those problems. We are not trying to find the waste. We are not offering bills to eliminate the waste. We are not offering bills to eliminate duplication. We are not trying to refine programs to make them better. We are not trying to save Medicare and we are not trying to save Social Security--the very things that are very important in terms of what is getting ready to happen to us.…”