Political Quotes

“with the national news media focused on ``all Monica all the time,'' any attempt here in Washington to address some of the real problems American families are facing is disdainfully disregarded as a mere diversion. This week we actually have a diversion underway, a very real diversion. It is the diversion of Social Security trust funds to pay for Republican electioneering. With the Nation distracted, our Republican friends are seizing the moment to seize Social Security trust funds in order to provide election eve tax breaks. When will they learn that the Social Security trust fund is not a slush fund? Let us keep the faith with the people that paid into the trust fund their payroll taxes and are paying in today, and apply any surplus that is finally generated after almost 30 years to save Social Security first. Let us act to protect those who have paid into this trust fund, and avoid a Republican campaign ploy.”