"isn't it true that every major economy with which the United States competes really funds their government through consumption taxes?"
"Do you agree that a VAT is a viable option?"
"In 1986, a Republican President and a Democratic Congress found common ground and came to a bipartisan agreement."
"The impact, reducing the unemployment. If you were to drop unemployment from 9.1 to, say, 8.6, can you give us some idea of what impact that would have on the deficit?"
"I would like to see some analyses."
"I would very much like to see that."
"So there is a correlation."
"if we continue current policy, then it is fair to say that we are going to experience that kind of continued widening of the wealth gap in America"
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman."
"What would it do to those communities and those people if we were to reduce this deficit only by cuts that have been proposed?"
"if we were do it, let's do a $1.5 trillion deficit reduction and let's do it on the backs of those same people."
"Yes, we have to reduce our deficits and debt, no doubt about it in terms of our long term economic growth."