Political Quotes

“Mr. President, very soon the Senate is going to be voting on whether to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012, to enact the so-called Buffett rule. It is ironic that we would be debating that subject right now because there is so much work we ought to be doing that would actually address the fundamental problems our economy is facing right now. If you look at the President's focus on this particular issue and you look at what his economic record consists of since he became President, here is what we are looking at. Gas prices are up 111 percent since President Obama took office. There are now 38 months in a row where we have had unemployment that exceeded 8 percent. We have seen college tuition go up by 25 percent. We have seen health care costs go up by 23 percent. The number of people on food stamps in this country is up by 45 percent. The Federal debt we are handing off to our children and grandchildren is up by 47 percent. That is this President's economic record. It is ironic that we are here today talking about something even the White House admits is a gimmick that would do nothing to reduce the Federal debt, strengthen the economy, or move us toward the fundamental tax reform that is sorely needed for this country. On April 1, just over 2 weeks ago, America claimed the dubious distinction of having the highest combined corporate tax rates among advanced economies when Japan implemented its corporate rate tax reduction.…”