Political Quotes

“Americans who take an increasingly cynical view of politics and politicians often claim that politicians are all the same, and those who do not vote justify their passivity by saying it does not matter. Half the people in America who are eligible to vote choose not to, and there is something that we need to address. There is an issue on the radar screen of most Americans called reforming the IRS. Hopefully we can convince folks that we are serious about changing Washington. The Democratic Party had Washington for 40 years and there has been no major effort during that period of time to change the way we tax the American people and the way the IRS works. We have been in town for 3 years, and there are major overhauls of the IRS looming and some have come to fruition, with the help from the Democratic Party, which convinces me if we pick the right issue and drive it hard, people will come our way. Now the IRS has to prove that one has done something wrong; one does not have to prove oneself innocent. I would ask every taxpayer in this country to watch this debate, closely follow who is leading it, and I can promise that the Republican Party is going to take our hopes and dreams for a new Tax Code for a new century and we are going to boldly go forward, and I hope our colleagues in the Democratic Party will join us.”