Political Quotes

“Mr. President, when Congress began debating health care in 2009, the goal was to lower the cost of care and give Americans the care they need from a doctor they choose. Americans were promised that if they liked the insurance they had and the doctor they had, they would be able to keep the plan and to continue to see the doctor they liked. Americans were promised that the negotiations would be transparent and televised on C-SPAN. Americans were promised the bill wouldn't add a dime to the deficit, and that it would lower the cost of care. Americans were promised their premiums would go down by $2,500. Americans were promised this President would not raise taxes on families with incomes below $250,000. Instead, Congress passed a massive governmental takeover of the health care industry. In the last 2 years, we have seen that Americans can't keep the insurance they had, continue to see the doctor they like, and are paying more for health care now than they would have if this administration had not pushed through the massive 2,700-page bill. The law adds billions to the deficit. And at the end of the day, Americans will find they are left holding a bag full of empty, broken promises. Today I want to focus on the broken promises of taxes. The President pledged not to raise taxes on individuals making less than $200,000 and families making less than $250,000 per year.…”