Political Quotes

“let us put this bill into the context of what is happening in America today. Everybody knows what is happening. The richest people are becoming richer, the middle class is being squeezed, and most of the new jobs being created are low-wage jobs. Given that context, what sense is it that we have legislation under which 58 percent of the benefits go to the top 5 percent, corporations see a reduction in their tax burden, while the bottom 40 percent of income earners see no benefits at all? In other words, we have got this thing completely backwards. We are helping those people who do not need help, and we are not helping those people who are in desperate need of help. Furthermore, under this legislation, Medicare will be cut $115 billion over a 5-year period. The Vermont Association of Hospitals estimates that will be a $75 million cut from hospitals, rural hospitals all over America who will be hurt, meaning there will be lower quality health care for our senior citizens. Tax breaks for the rich and the people who do not need it, cuts in Medicare and a reduction in the quality of health care for our senior citizens, those people who do need help, I urge a ``no'' vote on this absurd piece of legislation.”