Political Quotes

“the tea party Members in the House have achieved a remarkable feat. As the New York Times put today: The scope of their victory in reshaping the debt ceiling bill to reflect the fiscal hawkishness of the most conservative House Members cannot be overstated. In other words, despite Democratic control over the White House, despite Democratic control over the Senate, despite overwhelming opposition from the American people, a small minority of the Members of the Republican-controlled House have successfully pushed an extreme rightwing agenda onto the American political landscape. This rightwing ideology is a set of beliefs which represents the interests of the wealthiest people in this country and the largest corporations. It is an ideology which ultimately wants to destroy Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and make devastating cuts in education, Head Start, environmental protection, nutrition, infrastructure, and every other program which protects the interests of working families and the middle class. It is an ideology which believes that despite the fact that the rich are getting richer, the middle class is shrinking, and poverty is increasing, all of the burden for deficit reduction should rest on working people, despite the fact that in the last 25 years the top 1 percent has achieved 80 percent of all new income.…”