Political Quotes

“finally, the Republican tax plan and the Republican energy plan are one. In the amazing words of President Bush on Friday, ``The quickest way to help people with their energy bills is tax relief.'' This year the benefit to the typical taxpaying American family from this Republican plan that we are considering today will amount to the cost of about 3 gallons of gas per week. That is probably not enough gas to get most Americans to and from work, but it will keep your lawn looking pretty good. I guess you could ride your lawn mower to work. Mr. Speaker, perhaps, though, Democrats have been a little harsh in criticizing this bill as being designed solely for the wealthy, because just being affluent, just being rich is not enough to really rake in a bonanza from this bill. As The New York Times reported yesterday morning, ``The biggest cuts would go more to the extraordinarily wealthy'' as opposed to just the ``merely affluent or wealthy'' and, ``the very richest would save more than $1 million a year under this House plan.'' Your family gets 3 gallons of gasoline a week, the super-rich, each of them, gets $1 million a year from this scheme. This summer many American consumers cannot afford to go to the gas station and say ``fill 'er up'' unless it is a very small quantity for their lawn mower. But the privileged few, they have already said ``fill 'er up'' to these Republicans, who have been all too willing to reward the few at the expense of the many.”