Political Quotes

“this Republican tax bill has declared Christmas while it sizzles. On this Christmas tree that has been erected here in Washington, one will find a package wrapped up for anyone who has a lobbyist and a political action committee. There is one break after another. They think nothing of having the taxpayers subsidize 80 percent of the cost of a $100 bottle of cabernet or a two-martini lunch. They want the taxpayers to subsidize our defense contractors to go out and start more arms races around the world. And these conferees will even be considering a tax subsidy for chicken manure, something that many people have said symbolizes this entire bill. Instead of simplifying the Tax Code, this bill makes the Tax Code even more complex, and it certainly does not reduce the abusive billions of dollars that occur in corporate tax shelters that all the rest of us end up having to pay. And of course when it comes to fairness, this Christmas tree, while it sizzles, is one that provides a third of its proposed individual tax benefits to the wealthiest one percent of Americans.”