Political Quotes

“Madam President, in 160 days, the American people will experience the single largest tax increase in American history unless Congress acts. Unless Congress acts, the highest individual tax bracket will rise from 35 percent to just under 40 percent. People in the lowest tax bracket will see a 50-percent increase from 10 percent to 15 percent. The marriage penalty will go up. The child tax credit will be cut in half. Taxes on capital gains and dividends will go up as well. Every single taxpayer in the country will see their taxes go up. Last week in the Senate Finance Committee we heard testimony from several experts about what these huge tax increases would mean in terms of the economy and to small businesses. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former head of the Congressional Budget Office, reminded us that about $1 trillion in business income will be reported on individual tax returns and about half of that will be subject to the two higher marginal individual tax rates. There has been a debate--and I guess it will go on--about the relationship between the bipartisan 2001 and 2003 tax relief bills and the deficit. Some on the other side of the aisle like to argue that our $1 trillion deficits today are the result of tax relief we offered 10 years ago.…”