Political Quotes

“The Senator made a point that I think has to be emphasized because you hear a lot of comments that this is a ``tax break for the rich'' or this is ``benefiting the wealthy.'' But the Senator said something that is probably the most important point of this entire debate about fairness. That is, if you look at all the taxes being paid and who pays them before the tax cut, and look at all the taxes being paid and who pays them after the tax cut, what he said is vitally important for people to understand. Would the Senator repeat what happens to the tax burden? This tax burden was set back in 1993 when we in the Senate raised the top tax bracket and President Clinton signed the bill that shifted the tax burden to higher income individuals, creating another rate at the top and, at the same time, increasing the top income tax credit which goes to people who don't pay income tax. So we raised taxes on people in higher income brackets and took that money and gave it to people who don't pay income taxes. At that point, Democrats said the distribution of taxes between the wealthy and lower income was now fair. What the Senator is saying is we are going to now take this fair distribution and change it. How are we going to change it?”