02/24/2009
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"One of the worst things we could do is add to the deficit in deficit-financed tax reform, because that will be an anchor on our economic growth."
"I have introduced a progressive consumption tax, because one of my major objectives is to make sure that the new tax code is at least as progressive as the current code as it relates to middle-income ..."
"The details that leak out of these 'Big Six' meetings, in my view, suggest that what is under way is an unprecedented tax giveaway for the most fortunate and the biggest corporations in the country."
"The idea, the proposition that a bill this destructive, this far-reaching, can swing through the Senate Finance Committee for a single hearing on a Monday morning and hit the Senate floor a day or two..."