Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma, and we do sit on the Committee on Ways and Means together. Madam Speaker, I just think that where we look at today, I have heard so much in the last couple weeks about looking at this as kitchen table economics. Madam Speaker, if you want to talk about it in real terms that every single American would understand, people who actually do their bills at their kitchen table, that figure out what their future looks like at their kitchen table, then we need to start talking in terms that they understand. So when we talk about what America gains in revenues, what this Federal Government gains in revenues each year is $3.5 trillion. This Federal Government spends $6.5 trillion. {time} 2015 Now, people say, well, that is not too bad. That is only a $3 trillion difference. But what it comes down to, if you want to use kitchen table economics, let's talk about what it means to people who actually sit at a kitchen table, sometimes work two jobs, sometimes not only the father but the mother gets up and go to work every day to put food on the table and put a roof over the head of their children and plan for the future. Let's talk about kitchen table economics, and let's reduce it down to terms that people actually understand: A person making $35,000 a year thinks it is okay to spend $65,000 a year. Nobody with any type of economic sense or common sense would say: I think that is okay. I think that is the way I should live my life.…”