Political Quotes

“Well, we need revenue--they use that word but will not explicitly say whom they want to tax except a very few rich. The Buffett tax would produce about $4 billion a year when we have a $1,200 billion deficit. I would note that Senator Manchin, a former Governor of West Virginia, said in today's Politico that he would have been impeached if he failed to produce a budget as West Virginia's Governor. He said: Sure I have a problem with failing to offer a budget. As a former Governor, my responsibility was to put a balanced budget forward. Well, I see my colleague is here. I think our time is up. There might be a couple of minutes for Senator Thune.”