Political Quotes

“my very good friend from Nevada is driven by what he thinks is fair and right. I have a totally different view. Here is what I think is fair and right: Punish people appropriate to the crime; don't take tax policy and connect it to criminal law. What we are saying people right now is: pay your taxes, learn English, pay a fine. But let's not come up with tax policy for one group of people who are now legal and say: You have to pay, but you don't get what anybody else in the country legally gets, and we have made you legal. What damage are we going to do? We are going to take the tax law and turn it upside down and focus on one group and kick them around after they do everything else that everybody else has to do. That is not the best of this country. That is not consistent with the punishment versus the crime. Why would we ask somebody to pay their taxes and then say: Thanks for the money; you don't get any other benefits in the Tax Code. Rapists, murderers, and thieves go to jail, but they get refunds if the Tax Code says so. The only people who are not going to get a refund after they pay the taxes is this group of people working hard? That is not right.”