Political Quotes

Jay Inslee: The soldiers are paying for it with their lives. But in financial terms, it is our young who are going to be saddled…

On the recordOctober 15, 2003
The soldiers are paying for it with their lives. But in financial terms, it is our young who are going to be saddled with this debt, billions of dollars of debt, and it is our older folks, including veterans, who are not going to get their health care because this President wanted to send this money to Iraq and did not pay for it. So we are hurting the two most sort of vulnerable groups in our neighborhoods, in our communities, because this plan is not a responsible plan that fulfills our mission in Iraq and our responsibilities to our future kids and our current elders. For that reason, we ought to be asking serious questions.
Said by
Jay Inslee
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the financial implications of the Iraq war on future generations and vulnerable populations.

Share

More from Jay Inslee

Jan 19, 2022

And the sad truth is we have one party that has created the big lie certainly about who won the last election...

congress.gov
Jul 1, 2022

I was really gratified to hear what he had to say obviously stand up to eliminate the filibuster in this consideration. So we can have a statutory protection at some point when we got a couple more votes in the Senate.

msnbc.com
Dec 16, 2021

The American psyche has not recognized we were one vice president away from a coup.

msnbc.com
Jul 10, 2026

We pay more, Republicans rubber-stamp it, and Trump’s donors walk off with the bag.

theguardian.com

Other voices in this conversation