Political Quotes

“What does it mean to be an American? We all have our personal reflections, sometimes finding an answer in a school child's essay, a veteran's speech, or a visit to the Lincoln Memorial. Most Americans understand that freedom is not free, and that the price of being a part of the greatest Nation in the history of the world is accepting the responsibility to pay for our security at home and abroad. But some of our wealthiest Americans have shirked their responsibility and fled to foreign shores. These individual ex-patriots, just like their corporate cousins at Stanley Works, have elected personal gain over patriotism. More than three years have passed since the Joint Committee on Taxation was first asked to evaluate whether existing rules for these ex-patriots were being applied as we intended them here in Congress. It only took Forbes Magazine a short while. Three years ago, in three words they concluded, 'It ain't working.' And it is still not.”