Political Quotes

“This is their House. We just happen to represent them. This is your House. Everything that goes on in this House is being done by people who are voted in to represent you, not represent themselves, but represent you. If it is not making sense, we need to know because, I have to tell you, it makes no sense to me at all what we are doing, not only to our future, but to our present. If we can't grasp what is happening right now--that is why I talk about kitchen table economics. If I can reduce this down to a $1 bill that I would hand you and say, oh, by the way, that first 73 cents, give it back to me. You can keep the 27 cents, but then I am going to take another 13 cents. When you really get down to it, it is so small what it is that we can control. In your own lives, you know if you have a mortgage payment come due, if you have a car payment come due, if you have healthcare costs come due, you can't walk away from that. At some time or other, a lender is going to say to you: Do you know what? We would love to help you, but we can't. The math doesn't work. It is not good for you. When we talked about this the other day, the real challenge is to make sure that we understand the path that we are on and not try to sugarcoat it for you. I know for myself the hardest lessons in life to learn are the days that you lost something.…”