Jim DeMint: “We were told we had to vote for this TARP bill or the whole world economic system would collapse the next day.”

Three percent, about half the whole sales tax in South Carolina just to collect it.

I've had a chance to work with a lot of retail businesses. I've been in the marketing business most of my life.

We cannot keep our country shut down. It's affecting people emotionally, as well as financially.

Absolutely not. We cannot shut the government down, regardless of what happens here.