Political Quotes

“How many programs do we really have that are truly universal, that are truly for every American, in which we all share the sacrifice and we all share the benefit? We are all in this together at the end of the day. A very wise man said to me once that one of the problems we have in America today is people think the economy is like the weather. You might be able to predict it, and you might be able to prepare for what is coming, but you just can't do anything about it. Well, that is not true. The economy is a set of rules written down on pieces of paper and it is the set of people who are there to enforce them. This is a better rule than anything the other side has. This is a rule that allows us to keep our promise. This is a rule that says, if you paid into this for all your working lives and now all you are asking for is about $16,000 a year to be able to live with some dignity in your old age, after you finished the project of a lifetime of building the country that we all enjoy, we are going to make sure that is there for you, and we are going to make sure we keep our promise. We think it is a pretty good bet to side with the folks who are getting $16,000 a year over the folks who are making $16 million a year. We think that is a pretty good bet, and we are all going to share the burden together going forward. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Larson for allowing me to be part of this great bill.”