Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record an article written by Mallory Factor and published in Forbes magazine. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Occupy Wall Street . . . Next Stop, Athens? In the past few weeks Americans have watched with interest, bemusement and anger as protests and sit-ins on Wall Street have sparked similar demonstrations around the country. With vague goals of combating corporate greed and calls to rectify all manner of social and economic inequality, this movement seems, to the press at least, to capture a mood of deep discontent among the American people. But if you think a thousand protesters on Wall Street is a trouble sign for our nation, wait until you see the civil unrest that follows the reforms and cuts to government programs needed to bring our national debt under control. Just look at Greece, where government is being reformed, drastic cuts are being made--and the society is unraveling. In Greece a series of severe austerity measures has been imposed as conditions for recent bailouts by the International Monetary Fund and the other members of the single European currency, the euro. Yet the economy continues to spiral downward. And with each new round of reforms in Greece, misery and unrest are on the rise.…”