Political Quotes

“if there is something wrong with our corporate code, and there may be, and if foreign corporations are getting away with tax murder, we need to change it. But I would suggest that the party that has been in control for 40 years has some blame to accept that that is true. Let us stop blaming each other and try to fix the problem. What is the problem? It may make the gentleman feel better that this is an election year, but I ran on the same concept in the election year 1994. This is not a new thought to Congress. I believe very deeply that there should be a wall between your pocketbook and the U.S. Congress' ability to take money out of it. One thing we have learned is that if you leave Congress to its own devices, you lose. What would the Founding Fathers say about this debate? They would want to know, how is the country doing? If you tell them they are in 5 trillion dollars' worth of debt, they would say, ``What is $1 trillion?'' We have created new money amounts. I do believe it is time to change the way we do business in Washington, and this is a start. I do not trust the Republican Party enough to leave it unhindered. I want to change America for the sake of the people who earn the money and have to pay the taxes. Let us have the line-item veto and give it to a Republican and Democratic President to regulate the way we spend. Let us have a balanced budget amendment that regulates both parties' conduct, so we cannot leave here with a deficit.”